Patent ID: 7116243

Claim:
A remote configuration system for an automatic meter reading (AMR) system comprising; at least one transceiver; and a plurality of endpoint devices, wherein each of the plurality of endpoint devices comprises a radio frequency (RF) communications device operably connected to a utility meter and adapted to communicate via RF with at least one reader; wherein the at least one transceiver is adapted to request a utility reading in a first communication with each of the plurality of endpoint devices and receive therefrom a reading response in a second communication, wherein the transceiver is adapted to determine whether each of the plurality of endpoint devices supports a pre-defined configuration control parameter and wherein the at least one transceiver is adapted to receive data from each of the plurality of endpoint devices that supports the pre-defined control parameter, and is adapted to request a third communication of a data from each of the plurality of endpoint devices that supports an acknowledgement in a fourth communication.