JP2015080122A5

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Publication number: JP2015080122A5
Application number: JP2013216872A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2013-10-18
Publication date: 2016-12-01

Claims

A utility meter capable of measuring the properties of the utility network and communicating the measured values of the properties of the utility network to a server ;
A mobile device configured to notify the server when the utility meter is installed and to request the server to add the utility meter to a queue of utility meters activated by the server ; The mobile device includes a display that displays a response from the server, the response including a subset of utility meter queues, the subset identifying one or more utility meters that were unsuccessfully activated. System .

The system of claim 1, comprising the server configured to activate the utility meter queue and notify the mobile device when the utility meter is activated.

The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the mobile device is configured to receive periodic updates of at least a portion of the queue from the server.

The utility meter and the access point are configured to communicatively couple to each other using wired or wireless communication techniques or using power line communication techniques ;
It said utility meter, according to only the direct bond, and any one of claims 1 to 3 for the other devices are configured so as not to bind directly to the access point system.

The system according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the utility meter and the access point are configured to communicate with each other over an encrypted channel after exchanging security credentials.

The system according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the access point and the server are configured to communicatively couple to each other via a private wide area network (WAN), cellular data WAN, or a combination thereof. .

The utility meter, the access point, or both are configured to detect unauthorized access or unauthorized communication, and configured to notify the server of the unauthorized access or unauthorized communication ;
The system according to claim 1, wherein the server comprises a smart meter (AMI) server.

Receiving a command from a mobile device to activate a utility meter installed in the network;
Adding the utility meter to a queue of utility meters to be activated;
Receiving a notification from the access point that the utility meter has been joined by the access point in response to a connection request ;
Sending an identifier of one or more utility meters that were unsuccessfully activated to the mobile device;
Displaying on the mobile device a subset of the queues that identify one or more utility meters that were unsuccessfully activated .

The method of claim 8 , wherein the mobile device is not configured to couple to the utility meter.

10. A method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein receiving a notification from the access point comprises receiving information from the access point via a public wide area network or a private wide area network.

Step to start the utility meter, only including the step of sending a start-up information to the utility meter,
11. A method according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the utility meter comprises a power meter and the network comprises a power distribution network.

A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions that can be executed by a processor of an electronic device, the instructions comprising:
A command to receive user input when the utility meter is installed in the utility network;
A command to notify the server that the utility meter is installed;
A command to receive notification from the server that the utility meter has been added to a queue of utility meters that the server starts;
A command giving a user notification that the utility meter has been added to the queue ;
A command for receiving from the server an identifier of one or more utility meters that have not been successfully activated ;
Start a command and that displays a subset of the queue to identify to the mobile device one or more of the utility meter was unsuccessful seen free,
A computer readable medium in which the utility meter can measure characteristics of the utility network and can communicate measurements of the characteristics of the utility network to the server .

The medium of claim 12, wherein the utility meter comprises a power meter, the network comprises a power distribution network, and the server comprises a smart meter (AMI) server.