GAS METER DATA VALIDATION
First Claim
1. A method of data validation for a Meter Data Management (MDM) system, comprising:
- said MDM system including a communications network communicably connecting at least one gas data downloading device receiving gas meter data including corrected gas volume data (CGVD) and at least one state variable for a combustible gas during a time interval from at least a first primary gas meter to said MDM system, said MDM system including at least one MDM server having a processor implementing gas data validation (GDV) software stored in a first memory and a second memory storing said gas meter data, said GDV software implementing said method, said method including;
performing at least one data validation check on said gas meter data including checking said CGVD during said time interval to identify erroneous CGVD;
if at least one data validation check fails, performing a root cause analysis to diagnose a root cause involved in said erroneous CGVD using said data validation check and additional information including diagnostic information regarding said communications network and said first primary gas meter, andperforming error resolution depending on said root cause for said time interval by (i) calculating a revised CGVD by refetching uncorrected GVD and data for said state variable (state variable data) or (ii) without said refetching estimating said state variable data and calculating said revised CGVD therefrom.
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Abstract
Gas meter data validation for a Meter Data Management (MDM) system including a communications network connecting gas data downloading device(s) receiving gas meter data including corrected gas volume data (CGVD) and state variable(s) data from primary gas meter(s) to the system, and a server implementing gas data validation (GDV) software. The GDV software performs data validation checks on the gas meter data including the CGVD to identify erroneous CGVD, and if a data validation check fails, performs a root cause analysis to diagnose a root cause involved in the erroneous CGVD using the data validation check and additional information regarding the communications network and primary gas meter, and error resolution depending on the root cause during the time interval including (i) calculating a revised CGVD after refetching uncorrected GVD and the state variable data or (ii) estimating the state variable data and calculating the revised CGVD therefrom.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of data validation for a Meter Data Management (MDM) system, comprising:
said MDM system including a communications network communicably connecting at least one gas data downloading device receiving gas meter data including corrected gas volume data (CGVD) and at least one state variable for a combustible gas during a time interval from at least a first primary gas meter to said MDM system, said MDM system including at least one MDM server having a processor implementing gas data validation (GDV) software stored in a first memory and a second memory storing said gas meter data, said GDV software implementing said method, said method including; performing at least one data validation check on said gas meter data including checking said CGVD during said time interval to identify erroneous CGVD; if at least one data validation check fails, performing a root cause analysis to diagnose a root cause involved in said erroneous CGVD using said data validation check and additional information including diagnostic information regarding said communications network and said first primary gas meter, and performing error resolution depending on said root cause for said time interval by (i) calculating a revised CGVD by refetching uncorrected GVD and data for said state variable (state variable data) or (ii) without said refetching estimating said state variable data and calculating said revised CGVD therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory data storage medium which includes program instructions executable by a processor to implement a method of gas data validation (GDV) for a Meter Data Management (MDM) system including a communications network communicably connecting at least one gas data downloading device receiving gas meter data including corrected gas volume data (CGVD) and at least one state variable for a combustible gas during a time interval from at least a first primary gas meter to said MDM system, said MDM system including at least one MDM server having said processor and a second memory storing said gas meter data, said method including; performing at least one data validation check on said gas meter data including checking said CGVD during said time interval to identify erroneous CGVD; if at least one data validation check fails, performing a root cause analysis to diagnose a root cause involved in said erroneous CGVD using said data validation check and additional information including diagnostic information regarding said communications network and said first primary gas meter, and performing error resolution depending on said root cause for said time interval by (i) calculating a revised CGVD by refetching uncorrected GVD and data for said state variable (state variable data) or (ii) without said refetching estimating said state variable data and calculating said revised CGVD therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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