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HEAD-END SYSTEM FOR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK

  • US 20120299744A1
  • Filed: 05/23/2011
  • Published: 11/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A head-end system for use with an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network that includes a plurality of AMI meters at a plurality of customer locations, the head-end system comprising a processor configured for:

  • receiving, at the head-end system, at least one event signal from each of the AMI meters, wherein the at least one event signal is indicative of at least one event occurring at a corresponding customer location;

    determining, at the head-end system, whether to transmit at least one command signal to a corresponding AMI meter in response to receiving the at least one event signal from the corresponding AMI meter, wherein the at least one command signal is configured to instruct the corresponding AMI meter to perform at least one task in response to the at least one event; and

    transmitting, at the head-end system, the at least one command signal to the corresponding AMI meter in response to determining to transmit the at least one command signal.

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