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COORDINATED COLLECTION OF METERING DATA

  • US 20130297771A1
  • Filed: 05/04/2012
  • Published: 11/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A data collector configured to collect resource consumption data from endpoints of a utility communication network for reporting to a head-end computing device of the utility communication network, the data collector comprising:

  • a processing unit comprising logic configured to implement acts comprising;

    receiving, from a plurality of endpoints of the utility communication network, communications reporting resource consumption data of the plurality of endpoints;

    determining a subset of the plurality of endpoints for which the data collector is responsible for reporting resource consumption data to the head-end computing device; and

    reporting, to the head-end computing device, resource consumption data for the subset of the plurality of endpoints, while refraining from reporting resource consumption data to the head-end computing device for endpoints other than the subset of the plurality of endpoints.

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