Patent ID: 9041544
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G01D,G06F,G08B,G16H,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a network device associated with a service provider network that provides television services, mobile communication services, or Internet services, notification configuration information that includes a time interval criteria and a selected geographical area of interest for providing power outage notifications; receiving, by the network device and during a particular time interval, a loss-of-power alarm from a network interface device (NID), for the service provider network and associated with a customer premises, wherein the loss-of-power alarm includes a particular NID identifier and indicates a loss of electrical power provided to the NID; retrieving, from a database in the service provider network, customer configuration information that associates the particular NID identifier with a particular address; and identifying a power outage in a particular region associated with the particular address, wherein the identifying is based on receiving the loss-of-power alarm and determining if other loss-of-power alarms have been received from other NIDs in the particular region within the particular time interval, and wherein the identifying comprises: