Smart meter emulation
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1. A method of emulating a utility meter, the method comprising:
- receiving pulses from a standard utility meter at a received pulse rate, wherein a pulses are emitted dependent on a measured usage per pulse and a measured usage of a utility by the standard utility meter;
determining an emulated pulse rate based, at least in part, on the received pulse rate, the measured usage per pulse, and an emulated usage per pulse; and
sending utility usage information over a network based, at least in part, on the emulated pulse rate.
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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 emulating a utility meter, the method comprising:
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receiving pulses from a standard utility meter at a received pulse rate, wherein a pulses are emitted dependent on a measured usage per pulse and a measured usage of a utility by the standard utility meter; determining an emulated pulse rate based, at least in part, on the received pulse rate, the measured usage per pulse, and an emulated usage per pulse; and sending utility usage information over a network based, at least in part, on the emulated pulse rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for emulating a utility meter, 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 determine a received pulse rate based on pulses received from a standard utility meter, wherein the pulses are emitted dependent on a measured usage per pulse by the standard utility meter; computer readable program code configured to calculate an emulated pulse rate based on the received pulse rate, the measured usage per pulse, and an emulated usage per pulse; and computer readable program code configured to send information based on the emulated pulse rate over a network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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