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Selection and use of different wireless networks by meter reading devices

  • US 10,506,653 B1
  • Filed: 05/30/2018
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a meter interface device communicatively coupled to a utility meter, a trigger input;

    attempting, by the meter interface device in response to said receiving the trigger input, to establish a first communication link with a mobile transceiver of a first network;

    attempting, by the meter interface device subsequent to the attempting to establish the first communication link, to establish a second communication link with a second wireless network, wherein the second wireless network is a third party wireless network;

    attaching, by the meter interface device in response to successfully establishing the second communication link, to the third party wireless network;

    waiting, by the meter interface device in response to unsuccessfully establishing the second communication link, a back-off time period before re-attempting to establish the second communication link; and

    transmitting, by the meter interface device while operating in a simultaneous mode, first data to the mobile transceiver of the first network and second data to the second wireless network, wherein the transmitting includes interleaving the first data and the second data.

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