PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16208894
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["340", "870020"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure allow third-parties to collect data at a utility flow meter without substantial interference with the utility's ability to collect data for its own purposes. In an exemplary embodiment, a sub-meter interrupter is included that has a default position to allow for utility reading of a utility flow meter and a second position that allows for third-party reading of the utility flow meter. A third-party flow monitor or interrupter can also monitor attempted “reads” by the utility while the third-party flow monitor is reading the utility flow meter and can switch to the default (e.g., utility read setting) so as to allow the utility to conduct its read.

Claim (Index 10):
An interrupter for a sub-meter monitoring system, the sub-meter monitoring system including a flow monitor capable of receiving data from a utility flow meter connected to a utility via a utility meter interface unit, the interrupter comprising:\n a receiver in electronic communication with the flow monitor; a switch in electronic communication with the receiver, the switch being operable to change between a first state and a second state, wherein the first state directly connects the utility flow meter with the utility meter interface unit and wherein the second state electronically couples the utility flow meter with the flow monitor; wherein the receiver is configured to:\n receive a read request from the flow monitor; and \n alter the state of the switch based upon the read request so as to electronically couple the utility flow meter with the flow monitor, and \n wherein the switch is in the first state unless the receiver receives the read request to move the switch to the second state and wherein moving the switch to the second state only occurs if the utility is not reading the utility flow meter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90625
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11955010', '13340380', '13357581', '14922691', '11120173']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.671370140589989
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4910139549510795
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6533345220260981
- Mean Citation Score: 177.126484
- Max Citation Score: 181.73878
- Similarity Product: 125.52603193271636

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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