METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR UTILITY NETWORK OUTAGE DETECTION
First Claim
1. A product delivery monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of electronic devices configured to monitor delivery of a product; and
a management processor configured touse a first polling mode to poll the plurality of electronic devices using a first message format,receive an input indicating a potential outage,enter an exception polling mode in response to the input, the exception polling mode polling a subset of the plurality of electronic devices using a second message format, the second message format being substantially shorter than the first message format.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system including a utility network including a product distribution pathway for delivering a product, a plurality of electronic utility devices associated with the utility network to monitor at least one parameter associated with the product distribution pathway, and a management processor in communication with the devices and operable to poll at least a subset of the electronic utility devices in response to an input to evaluate performance of one of the utility network and the system in response to information relating to the at least one parameter. The evaluation can include a rule-based analysis of one of the parameter and the information relating to the parameter.
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22 Claims
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1. A product delivery monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of electronic devices configured to monitor delivery of a product; and a management processor configured to use a first polling mode to poll the plurality of electronic devices using a first message format, receive an input indicating a potential outage, enter an exception polling mode in response to the input, the exception polling mode polling a subset of the plurality of electronic devices using a second message format, the second message format being substantially shorter than the first message format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of polling a plurality of electronic devices associated with a product delivery system, the method comprising:
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polling the plurality of electronic devices using a first polling mode having a first message size; receiving an indication of a potential outage; polling a subset of the plurality of electronic devices using a second polling mode having a second message size in response to the indication of the potential outage, the second message size substantially smaller than the first message size. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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