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Method and means of assimilating utility meter data

  • US 4,133,034 A
  • Filed: 07/27/1977
  • Issued: 01/02/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of assimilating utility meter data at the meter locations, comprising,accumulating on an input information electronic storage means customer profile information for a plurality of meter customers, said profile information including the customer identity and account information,placing said input information electronic storage means in a portable computer capable of being manually carried to the site of a given meter, said portable computer having an output information storage means and having the capability of updating, printing and presenting various of said customer profile information for said meter customers before and after receiving current customer profile information,actuating said computer to segregate and to visually present from the customer profile information for a plurality of meter customers stored on said input information electronic storage means at least the meter number and customer identity information of a given meter customer,imposing into said computer the current meter reading of said given meter customer at the site of the meter being read,actuating said computer to calculate the charge for utility usage based upon the previous meter reading and said current meter reading,actuating said computer to print a bill for said meter customer at the site of said meter based upon said calculation and imposing on said output information storage means the updated customer profile information,and depositing said bill at the service address of said given meter customer.

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