Patent ID: 11898883
Assignee: ITRON, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A system, comprising:
a smart utility meter including:
a processor and memory configured with instructions, which when executed perform acts comprising:
obtaining data associated with a service site and a utility, the data associated with the service site and the utility comprising:
utility consumption data; and
timing data indicating duration of a plurality of time intervals between switch closures of the smart utility meter, wherein each switch closure indicates measurement of a unit of the utility;

disaggregating the data associated with the service site and the utility to obtain a representation of a rate of utility consumption corresponding to a determined usage of the utility;
determining, based at least in part on a utility restriction schedule associated with the service site, that the determined usage indicates a violation of the utility restriction schedule;
determining, based at least in part on the violation of the utility restriction schedule, to restrict access to the utility at the service site;
generating a notification to a user associated with the service site indicating that access to the utility has been restricted; and
transmitting the notification to a user device associated with the user.