Patent ID: 11902373
Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method for transmitting a configuration response message, the method comprising:
providing a system comprising a plurality of smart meter blocks and a control system platform (CSP), the CSP comprising a data repository, a computer processor and a memory and operatively connected to the plurality of smart meter blocks, wherein the CSP is configured to:
receive, from a smart meter block of the plurality of smart meter blocks, a state logging message comprising measurement device state information (MDSI) and a control system element identifier (CSEI), wherein the state logging message is generated when determining a number of measurements obtained from the MDSI has reached or exceeded a predefined number of measurements threshold and determining that a file size of the MDSI has reached or exceeded a predefined file size threshold;
store the MDSI in the data repository;
process the MDSI to obtain analytic information;
obtain, from the data repository, client device notification criteria (CDNC) associated with the CSEI;
perform a comparison between the MDSI and the analytic information against the CDNC;
determine, based on the comparison, that at least one notification trigger specified in the CDNC has been met;
generate, in response to the determining, an analysis notification message comprising the MDSI and the analytic information; and
transmit the analysis notification message to a client device operatively connected to the CSP via a network;

receiving a configuration request message from the smart meter block, the configuration request message comprising the CSEI;
searching locally for a control system element configuration (CSEC); determining whether the CSEC is found locally;
when the CSEC is found locally:
generating the configuration response message, the configuration response message comprising the CSEC found locally; and
transmitting the configuration response message to the smart meter block; and

when the CSEC is not found locally:
obtaining client device information (CDI), the CDI comprising the CDNC, client preferences directed to analytic information computation and presentation, protocols for transmission of analysis notification messages, or network identification information;
transmitting the configuration request message to a transmitting client device, wherein the transmitting client device may be the same as the client device;
receiving, by the CSP, the configuration response message from the transmitting client device, wherein the configuration response message comprises a CSEC of the configuration response message for the smart meter block;
storing the CSEC of the configuration response message locally; and
transmitting the CSEC of the configuration response message to the CSEC.