Locating utility metering devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9030334
APP PUB NO 20120062389A1
SERIAL NO

12879240

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Disclosed are various embodiments for locating utility metering devices. Utility metering devices that are lost or stolen and that are facilitating unauthorized utility service access. Many AMI and/or AMR deployments lack the ability to remotely deactivate a meter. Accordingly, embodiments of this disclosure can generate a zone of interest in which an unauthorized utility metering device is located, and the unauthorized utility metering device can be subsequently located within the zone of interest.

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SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES INC241 RALPH MCGILL BLVD ATLANTA GA 30308

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Solomon, Arnold Cory Covington, US 4 36

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