Patent ID: 11899068
Assignee: ITRON, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. One or more computer-readable media storing instructions executable by one or more processors of a device that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform actions, including:
determining, at a first time, one or more criteria associated with the device, wherein the one or more criteria include one or more of a battery level associated with a battery of the device or a length of time the device has been in service;
selecting one or more data fields, from a plurality of data fields, to include within a message based at least in part on the one or more criteria, wherein the one or more data fields include a preamble data field, a protocol identifier data field, an endpoint type and subtype data field, an endpoint serial number data field, a current consumption data field, a tamper/flags data field, and a cyclic redundancy check 16 (CRC-16) data field;
generating the message that includes the one or more data fields, wherein the one or more data fields include a protocol identifier field that provides an indication of the one or more data fields included within the message and a device identifier field that identifies the device; and
causing the message to be transmitted to one or more collection devices.