CPC G06Q 50/06 (2013.01) [H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2135 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/60 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A smart meter to obfuscate metered data, the smart meter comprising:
at least one storage device;
machine readable instructions; and
at least one processor to execute the machine readable instructions to:
obtain a first mask from a utility server;
apply a key to decrypt the first mask, the first mask indicative of an array of numbers to change values of energy metrics associated with a household measured by the smart meter, the key corresponding to the smart meter;
determine if decryption of the first mask is one of successful or unsuccessful;
in response to the determination that the decryption of the first mask is successful, obfuscate the energy metrics by generating augmented energy metrics using the first mask;
in response to the determination that the decryption of the first mask is unsuccessful:
cause a request for a second mask, the second mask different from the first mask; and
obfuscate the energy metrics by generating the augmented energy metrics using the second mask; and
transmit the augmented energy metrics corresponding to the household to the utility server.
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