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 1):
A sub-meter monitoring system for a utility flow meter connected to a utility via a utility meter interface unit, comprising:\n a flow monitor that receives data from the utility flow meter, and an interrupter in electronic communication with the utility flow meter, the utility meter interface unit, and the flow monitor, the interrupter operable to move between 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 directly with the flow monitor, and wherein the interrupter is in the first state unless there is a request to move the interrupter to the second state and wherein moving the interrupter to the second state only occurs if the utility is not reading the utility flow meter; and\n wherein the flow monitor is configured to monitor whether a read request is coming from the utility and to operate the interrupter such that:\n if the utility is reading the utility flow meter or is about to read the utility flow meter, the interrupter remains in the first state, and \n if the utility is not reading and is not about to read the utility flow meter, the interrupter is switched to the second state so as to allow a utility flow meter reading by the flow monitor and after the flow monitor reading is complete, the interrupter is switched back to the first state.

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): 0.6699119543728694
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4974086010263077
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6526616190382133
- Mean Citation Score: 177.126484
- Max Citation Score: 181.73878
- Similarity Product: 117.65894665617228

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

Dataset: test