Patent SG-11201907339S-A (SG)
Title: Systems and methods for detecting and reporting anomalies in utility meters
Inventor: BOYLE CHRISTINE
IPC: G06Q20/14
Filed: 2018-03-26
Abstract: 104 I r Water MeteriH rWater Utility Meteri L J L Data Repository TWater Utility Billingi 106 Data Repository 128 130 -User L___J Data Reporter (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 04 October 2018 (04.10.2018) W I PO I PCT mu °million °nolo monium mm0111E1° oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/183140 Al (51) International Patent Classification: G06Q 50/06 (2012.01) G06Q 20/14 (2012.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/024240 (22) International Filing Date: 26 March 2018 (26.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/478,831 30 March 2017 (30.03.2017) US (71) Applicant: VALOR WATER ANALYTICS, INC. [US/US]; 870 Market St, #617, San Francisco, CA 94146 (US). (72) Inventors: BOYLE, Christine, E.; 191 Cottonwood Dri- ve, Stateline, NV 89449 (US). JUTRAS, Renee; 1829 Irv- ing Street #2, San Francisco, CA 94122 (US). ALAM, M., Sohaib; 163 Cherry Tree Court, Freehold, NJ 07728 (US). WEGMAN, David, R.; 138 Coleridge Street, San Francis- co, CA 94110 (US). (74) Agent: BEDI, Harmohinder, S.; EcoTech Law Group, P.C., The Hearst Building, 5 Third Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94103 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (54) Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND REPORTING ANOMALIES IN UTILITY METERS 100 116 Anomaly Detectors Meter Under Sizing _ Detector Meter Over Sizing _ Detector Meter Misclassification _ Detector Meter Tampering _ Detector Meter Under- registration Detector T First Data 108J L Repository —118 ,-120 —122 r L Second Data Repository 110 Data Storage Device A 132 Data Storage Device B 134 Data Storage Device C 136 1-1 O 1-1 GC 1-1 00 O 1-1 N C FIG. 1 (57) : Systems and methods for utility intervention are disclosed. The method of utility intervention includes: (i) obtaining utility data from a utility data repository; (ii) detecting, using at least one type of anomaly-detecting module, at least one utility anomaly and a location address; (iii) calculating an amount of fmancial savings for the utility anomaly if the utility anomaly was remedied or addressed; (iv) computing a certainty score for the utility anomaly; (v) conveying information about the type of utility anomaly, and the location address of the utility anomaly; and (vi) displaying, on a display screen of a client device, a map depicting a geographical area that identifies, using a flag icon, the location address on the map of the utility anomaly, the type of the utility anomaly, a certainty score for the utility anomaly, and/or an amount of fmancial savings associated with the utility anomaly. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/183140 Al MIDEDIMOMMIDIREEMOMEIMMOEMOIHMEMOIMIE OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))