CALCULATION OF AUXILIARY VALUE BASED ON METER DATA FROM NON-SMART ELECTRONIC UTILITY METER

• US 20120280831A1
• Filed: 05/05/2011
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Sfaelos, Jimmy
• Application Number:
  US13/101,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20120280831A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.02
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 4/002 Remote reading of utility meters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

A system, including a meter data support system on a computer device configured to: receive raw meter data from a plurality of non-smart electronic utility meters that are each restricted to one way outbound communication, calculate an auxiliary value for each non-smart electronic utility meter using the raw meter data from each respective non-smart electronic utility meter, and provide access to the auxiliary value to at least one of a user and a customer.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a meter data support system on a computer device configured to;

receive raw meter data from a plurality of non-smart electronic utility meters that are each restricted to one way outbound communication,

calculate an auxiliary value for each non-smart electronic utility meter using the raw meter data from each respective non-smart electronic utility meter, and

provide access to the auxiliary value to at least one of a user and a customer.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein each non-smart electronic utility meter is devoid of smart meter functioning with respect to calculating the auxiliary value.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the meter data support system is located between the plurality of non-smart electronic utility meters and a head end server.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the meter data support system is included with a secondary step-down transformer.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver and a transmitter, and

wherein the receiver and transmitter use one of the following formats;

power line carrier (PLC), radio frequency (RF), cellular transmission, and general packet radio service (GPRS).

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the meter data support system is further configured to transmit at least one of the auxiliary value and the raw meter data to a head end server.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary value includes at least one of a present demand, an unbilled amount, a maximum demand, a today'"'"'s usage, a load disconnect, and a unit price per kilowatt hour.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the providing access to the auxiliary value includes assigning a uniform resource location (URL) for linking access to an Internet based web portal.

9. The system of claim 6, further comprising the head end server providing for display via an Internet based web portal at least one of the auxiliary value and the raw meter data.

10. A system, comprising:

a meter data support system on a computer device configured to;

receive raw meter data from a plurality of non-smart electronic utility meters that are each restricted to one way outbound communication,

calculate an auxiliary value for each electronic utility meter using the raw meter data from each respective non-smart electronic utility meter, and

provide access to the auxiliary value to at least one of a user and a customer; and

a head end server configured to receive the auxiliary value from the meter data support system.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one non-smart electronic utility meter is devoid of smart meter functioning with respect to calculating the auxiliary value.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the meter data support system is located between the plurality of non-smart electronic utility meters and the head end server.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the meter data support system is included with a secondary step-down transformer.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a receiver and a transmitter, and

wherein the receiver and transmitter use one of the following formats;

power line carrier (PLC), radio frequency (RF), cellular transmission, and general packet radio service (GPRS).

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the meter data support system is further configured to transmit at least one of the auxiliary value and the raw meter data to a head end server.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary value includes at least one of a present demand, an unbilled amount, a maximum demand, a today'"'"'s usage, a load disconnect, and a unit price per kilowatt hour.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the providing access to the auxiliary value includes assigning a uniform resource location (URL) for linking access to an Internet based web portal.

18. The system of claim 15, further comprising the head end server providing for display via an Internet based web portal at least one of the auxiliary value and the raw meter data.

19. A system, comprising:

a plurality of non-smart electronic utility meters, wherein each non-smart electronic utility meter is devoid of smart meter functioning with respect to calculating an auxiliary value, and wherein each non-smart electronic utility meter is restricted to one way outbound communication;

a meter data support system on a computer device configured to;

receive raw meter data from the plurality of non-smart electronic utility meters,

calculate the auxiliary value for each non-smart electronic utility meter using the raw meter data from each respective non-smart electronic utility meter, and

provide access to the auxiliary value to at least one of a user and a customer;

a secondary step down transformer for providing stepped down electricity to the plurality of non-smart electronic utility meters and the computer device; and

a head end server configured to receive the auxiliary value from the meter data support system.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the meter data support system is located between the plurality of non-smart electronic utility meters and the head end server.