Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090058088 | Systems and Methods for Remote Utility Metering and Meter Monitoring - A system and method for generating and harvesting energy in response to the flow of water through rotating device, such as a nutating or oscillating disk. Mechanical energy from flow of water is converted into electrical energy via an energy conversion unit. For example, the power generation system may be used to power electronic and mechanical devices used in automated meter reading (AMR) systems. The power generator system may recharge a storage circuit that enables long term AMR operations without the need for battery replacement. The power generation system, in various embodiments, can provide additional power for two-way communication and other sensors such as pressure, temperature, water quality and services such as remote shut-off, event-based messaging, and water quality monitoring. | 03-05-2009 |
20130207815 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE UTILITY METERING AND METER MONITORING - A remote water meter monitoring system is provided. A mesh network-type transceiver unit is coupled to a water meter housing having a water counting mechanism inside to transmit water consumption information as well as other sensor information, such as backflow detection, water pressure, and water metrics (e.g., residual chlorine and temperature) to a central server system via a bridge device and a corresponding mesh network. Mechanical energy from the water flowing through the water meter housing is converted to electrical energy via an energy conversion unit. An electrically powered shut off valve is remote addressable via the transceiver unit. | 08-15-2013 |
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20080211656 | 911 Emergency light - Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for generating emergency alerts. A communication is processed from a calling communications address to an emergency response communications address. A profile is associated to the calling communications address and to the emergency response communications address. A physical address associated with the calling communications address is retrieved, and an emergency alert control signal is generated. The emergency alert control signal is sent that activates an emergency alert at the physical address. | 09-04-2008 |
20090129563 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Processing Emergency Communications - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for processing an emergency communication. A communication is received from a sender's communications address that is destined to an emergency response communications address. The sender's communications address and the emergency response communications address are associated to an emergency alert profile that stores emergency information. A prompt is produced for a code that blocks generation of the emergency communication. When the code is not entered during the communication, then the emergency communication is generated. | 05-21-2009 |
20100029246 | Methods, Systems & Products for Emergency Location - Methods, systems, and products provide emergency services. A sender's communications address and an emergency response communications address are associated to a profile. A current geographic location associated with the sender's communications address is retrieved and communicated to the emergency response communications address. | 02-04-2010 |
20120196562 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Emergency Location - Methods, systems, and products provide emergency location services for mobile devices. A communication is received to a 911 emergency address. A code is received during the communication to block emergency location services. The emergency location services are blocked in response to the code. | 08-02-2012 |
20130142316 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Processing Emergency Communications - Methods, systems, and products process an emergency communication. A profile is queried for a code received during the emergency communication. If the code matches the profile, then the emergency communication is blocked. | 06-06-2013 |