Smart Meter Emulation
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1. A method of measuring utility usage, the method comprising:
- receiving pulses from a utility meter, wherein the pulses are emitted dependent on usage of a utility measured by the utility meter;
counting a first number of the pulses emitted during a first period of time;
determining a first usage of the utility by a device during the first period of time;
counting a second number of the pulses emitted during a second period of time;
determining a second usage of the utility by the device during the second period of time; and
calculating a usage per pulse based on a difference in the first usage and the second usage, and a difference in the first number of the pulses and the second number of the pulses.
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Abstract
Pulses, including electrical waveforms, emitted light, and light reflected by a moving mechanical device, that are emitted by a standard utility meter may be received. A device may be controlled to vary its usage of the utility and that may be used to determine a usage per pulse. The usage per pulse information may be used to convert a pulse rate from a meter to emulate the pulse rate from another meter. Information about the other meter and/or services offered by the other meter may be provided to allow for emulation of the other meter.
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1. A method of measuring utility usage, the method comprising:
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receiving pulses from a utility meter, wherein the pulses are emitted dependent on usage of a utility measured by the utility meter; counting a first number of the pulses emitted during a first period of time; determining a first usage of the utility by a device during the first period of time; counting a second number of the pulses emitted during a second period of time; determining a second usage of the utility by the device during the second period of time; and calculating a usage per pulse based on a difference in the first usage and the second usage, and a difference in the first number of the pulses and the second number of the pulses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for measuring utility usage, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to receive information about pulses emitted from a utility meter, wherein the pulses are emitted dependent on usage of a utility measured by the utility meter; computer readable program code configured to determine a first usage of the utility by a device during a first period of time; computer readable program code configured to determine a second usage of the utility by the device during a second period of time; and computer readable program code configured to calculate a usage per pulse based on a difference in the first usage and the second usage, and a difference in a first number of the pulses that are received during the first period of time and a second number of the pulses that are received during the second period of time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for measuring utility usage, the apparatus comprising:
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a network interface; and a processor communicatively coupled with the network interface, wherein the processor is capable to; receive pulses from a utility meter, wherein the pulses are dependent on usage of a utility measured by the utility meter; count a first number of the pulses emitted during a first period of time; determine a first usage of the utility by a device during the first period of time; count a second number of the pulses emitted during a second period of time; determine a second usage of the utility by the device during the second period of time; and calculate a usage per pulse based on a difference in the first usage and the second usage, and a difference in the first number of the pulses and the second number of the pulses. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. An system for measuring utility usage, the system comprising:
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a pulse receiver configured to receive pulses from a utility meter, wherein the pulses are emitted dependent on usage of a utility measured by the utility meter; means for determining a usage of the utility by a device; circuitry configured to communicate with the pulse receiver and the means for determining the usage of the utility by the device, and to calculate a usage of the utility per pulse based on a difference in a first usage of the utility by the device during a first period of time and a second usage of the utility by the device during a second period of time, and a difference in a first number of the pulses that are received during the first period of time and a second number of the pulses that are received during the second period of time. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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