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System, Device and Method For Providing Power Outage and Restoration Notification

  • US 20090184835A1
  • Filed: 01/15/2009
  • Published: 07/23/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of using a computer system to provide information related to a power distribution system based on information provided by a plurality of network elements electrically connected to a plurality of power lines of the power distribution system at a plurality of locations, comprising:

  • receiving one or more outage notification from a set of one or more network elements that have detected a voltage signature indicating an imminent power outage;

    determining location information of the power outage based on the one or more notifications;

    outputting the location information of the power outage;

    receiving a live notification from a first network element of the set of network elements providing the outage notification;

    wherein the live notification indicates a first power restoration at a location of the first network element;

    determining location information of the first power restoration based on the live notification; and

    outputting the location information of the first power restoration.

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