Patent ID: 7853417
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G01D,H04Q,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a utility network including a product distribution pathway for delivering a product; a plurality of electronic utility devices associated with the utility network to monitor at least one parameter associated with the product distribution pathway; and a management processor in communication with the devices and generating a reachability polling schedule based on application layer network reachability statistics and network access criteria, the management processor operable to initially poll at least a subset of the electronic utility devices in response to an input and based on the reachability polling schedule to evaluate performance of one of the utility network and the system in response to information relating to the at least one parameter, the evaluation including a rule-based analysis of one of the parameter and the information relating to the parameter and identifying one or more sources of a power outage.