Patent ID: 8656492

Claim:
A device, comprising: at least one memory configured to store computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to: identify a communication comprising measurement data associated with consumption of a utility, the communication received over a mesh network of a plurality of devices comprising the device; determine that a type of the device comprises a utility meter; generate, based at least in part upon a data format standard associated with the utility meter, a list of acceptable content, wherein the list of acceptable content comprises a format for the measurement data, a sequence for ordering the measurement data, and a length of the measurement data; analyze, based at least in part upon the generated list, the content in the communication; determine, based at least in part upon the analysis, whether the content is acceptable content; and when it is determined that the content is acceptable, send the communication to at least one other device of the plurality of devices over the mesh network.