Patent Document ID: 8694560
Application ID: 13191391

Base Claim:
1. A meter management system, comprising: a storage device configured to store a first table definition language configured to define attributes of an electrical utility meter and to store a table definition language fragment, comprising attributes, functionalities, or both to be modified in the first table definition language, to create a second table definition language; and a processor configured to create the second table definition language based at least upon applying attributes, functionalities, or both of the first table definition language that are not found in the table definition language fragment to the attributes, functionalities, or both from the table definition language fragment without altering the first table definition language; wherein the second table definition language is created at a time before a desired modification is to be applied from the second table definition language to an electrical utility meter.

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Claim 5:
5. The meter management system of claim 1 , wherein the first table definition language comprises manufacturing tables configured to enable a manufacturer to create an additional set of data, additional tables, or both, that are not part of a standard set of data, standard tables, or both.