Patent ID: 9424742
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G01D,G08C

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying an application executable in a computing device, wherein the application, when executed, causes the computing device to at least: identify a first utility metering device associated with a user account based at least in part on the user account transitioning to a pre-payment agreement; determine a utility metering device identifier of the first utility metering device, the first utility metering device being operable to monitor consumption of a resource; determine a correlation utility metering device identifier associated with the utility metering device identifier, the correlation utility metering device identifier being associated with a second utility metering device located within a predefined distance from the first utility metering device; determine a first specification of a first meter event among a list of meter events, wherein the list of meter events comprises at least one of a missing meter event, a meter swapping event, and a meter bypassed by jumper event; determine a second specification of a second meter event based at least in part on a metering consumption exceeding a threshold; generate a rule for the utility metering device identifier that comprises a pattern of a plurality of meter conditions for the first utility metering device, the pattern of the meter conditions being determined based at least in part on the first meter event and the second meter event; execute the rule to generate a respective notification message in response to the pattern of the meter conditions being satisfied for both the utility metering device identifier and the correction utility metering device identifier; and transmit the notification message to a destination.