System and method of high volume import, validation and estimation of meter data
First Claim
1. A method for importing, validating, and estimating high volume meter data, the method comprising:
- receiving meter data from a plurality of external devices, each external device being assigned to one of a plurality of device groupings;
sorting the meter data into a plurality of workbins respectively associated with the plurality of device groupings;
compressing the meter data contained in each workbin into a plurality of data files, each data file being identifiable by workbin;
importing, for one workbin at a time, all data files associated with such workbin;
storing historic data associated with each workbin;
validating the meter data contained within the data files against the historic data, by comparing such meter data with historic data from comparable prior periods of time during a plurality of processing windows;
using stored historic data for a given workbin to estimate replacement values for meter data that is determined to be invalid or missing for such given workbin during the plurality of processing windows;
forming the validated and estimated meter data into a plurality of port files; and
storing the plurality of import files;
wherein each processing window corresponds to one of the plurality of workbins such that all data files associated with a workbin are processed as a batch.
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Abstract
A meter data management system includes one or more application servers configured to receive, validate and estimate received meter data. The one or more application servers may include various memory/media elements for storing raw and transformed meter data as well as software in the form of computer-executable instructions, which are executed by a processor to implement a variety of functions, including establishing a mapping between the plurality of external devices and a plurality of preconfigured processing workbins (e.g., collections of meter channels in the same time zones), transforming the received meter data into a plurality of data files identified by timing parameter and workbin, validating data provided in each data file, estimating missing or invalid data, and automatically writing validated (and optionally estimated) data as import files to a database server. Such clean data files are then imported to one or more dedicated databases installed on the database server.
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1. A method for importing, validating, and estimating high volume meter data, the method comprising:
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receiving meter data from a plurality of external devices, each external device being assigned to one of a plurality of device groupings; sorting the meter data into a plurality of workbins respectively associated with the plurality of device groupings; compressing the meter data contained in each workbin into a plurality of data files, each data file being identifiable by workbin; importing, for one workbin at a time, all data files associated with such workbin; storing historic data associated with each workbin; validating the meter data contained within the data files against the historic data, by comparing such meter data with historic data from comparable prior periods of time during a plurality of processing windows; using stored historic data for a given workbin to estimate replacement values for meter data that is determined to be invalid or missing for such given workbin during the plurality of processing windows; forming the validated and estimated meter data into a plurality of port files; and storing the plurality of import files; wherein each processing window corresponds to one of the plurality of workbins such that all data files associated with a workbin are processed as a batch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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