Patent ID: 7222028

Claim:
A method for measuring a gas supply using a gas meter which is situated at a gas supply location of a gas supply network, comprising: determining a measuring signal for at least one of a quantity consumption and an energy consumption of the gas using a flow sensor of the gas meter; determining a sensor error factor and a consumption profile for an accounting period as a function of a common variable, the consumption profile for the gas consumption being a profile characteristic of the gas supply location, the sensor error factor of the gas meter being indicative of a deviation between a consumption measured by the gas meter and an actual consumption; determining a consumption-weighted correction factor relative to an accounting period by averaging the sensor error factor weighted with the consumption profile, wherein at least one of the averaging includes at least one of summation and integration overt he common variable of products which contain the sensor error factor and the consumption profile, the averaging is implemented using a heat value profile relative to the common variable, and the averaging includes a suitable standardization function; and determining an output value as a function of the correction factor and the measuring signal.