PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15935323
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["455", "066100"]

Abstract:
The systems and methods described herein are directed to techniques for improving battery life performance of end devices in resource monitoring systems which transmit data using low-power, wide area network (LPWAN) technologies. Further, the techniques include providing sensor interfaces in the end devices configured to communicate with multiple types of metrology sensors. Additionally, the systems and methods include techniques for reducing the size of a concentrator of a gateway device which receives resource measurement data from end devices. The reduced size of the concentrator results in smaller, more compact gateway devices that consume less energy and reduce heat dissipation experienced in gateway devices. The concentrator may comply with modular interface standards, and include two radios configured for transmitting 1-watt signals. Lastly, the systems and methods include techniques for fully redundant radio architecture within a gateway device, allowing for maximum range and minimizing downtime due to transmission overlap.

Claim (Index 16):
An end-point computing device for communicating metrology data collected by one or more water sensors to a computing device, the end-point computing device comprising:\n a housing; one or more antennas; a microcontroller comprising one or more processors and encoded with logic for controlling operations of the end-point computing device; an internal power supply module configured to power the end-point computing device; a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, coupled to the one or more antennas, and configured to communicate signals using a low-power wide area network (LPWAN) standard; a water meter hardware interface comprising:\n one or more input ports configured to accept one or more input cables of the one or more water sensors to receive the metrology data from the one or more water sensors; \n a comparator circuit configured to receive the metrology data and store the metrology data in register memory of the end-point computing device; \n a pull-up resistor circuit configured to provide power at a first voltage to a first type of sensor of the one or more sensors when the first type of sensor is plugged into the one or more input ports; and \n an automatic meter reading (AMR) circuit configured to provide power at a second voltage to a second type of sensor of the one or more sensors when the second type of sensor is plugged into the one or more input ports; \n computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors of the microcontroller to perform acts comprising:\n causing the comparator circuit, the pull-up resistor circuit, and the AMR circuit to enter a low-power mode for a first period of time; \n in response to detecting an end of the first period of time, causing the comparator circuit and at least one of the pull-up resistor circuit or the AMR circuit to switch from the low-power mode to an active mode for a second period of time; \n causing the comparator circuit to receive and store pulses from a water sensor for a second period of time, the second period of time being less than the first period of time; and \n in response to detecting an end of the second period of time, causing the comparator circuit and the at least one of the pull-up resistor circuit or the AMR circuit to switch from the active mode to the low-power mode for the first period of time.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70526
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15423512', '15423500', '15935285', '11601445', '15103545']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6698508045771016
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5238940976824777
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6552551338876392
- Mean Citation Score: 216.718138
- Max Citation Score: 348.04355
- Similarity Product: 329.3841583788156

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

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