Patent ID: 11900786
Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A power outage detection method, comprising:
receiving information indicative of a status of electrical power at a plurality of locations within a geographic region;
wherein the information indicative of the status of electrical power at the plurality of locations includes information that Internet of Things devices in the geographic region remain online and operational indicating that the Internet of Things devices have access to electrical power;
determining a status of electrical power in the geographic region based on the status of electrical power at the plurality of locations;
wherein the determining the status of electrical power in the geographic region is performed based on the Internet of Things devices that are online and operational within given locations in the plurality of locations;
sending information regarding the status of electrical power in the geographic region to at least one user.