Patent ID: 8736460
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G01D,G08C,H04Q,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of reporting information from a meter in an automated meter reading system, comprising: (a) reading the meter upon a series of reading intervals and associating each reading with a time stamp corresponding to when said reading was made; (b) transmitting a packet comprising first and second non-sequential readings and a third reading from said series, and an indicator of time elapsed since each said reading was taken, wherein said packet does not include a reading from said series between said non-sequential readings, and wherein the interval between the third reading and the closest of the first or second readings is not equal to the interval between the first and second readings; and (c) subsequently transmitting a packet comprising a reading more recent than either of said non-sequential readings and another reading from said series between said first and second non-sequential readings.