US 12,455,175 B2
Systems and methods for orphaned sensor discovery and reporting
Peggy Rose Devereaux, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to Aclara Technologies LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Aclara Technologies LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,300.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,534, filed on Jun. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/337,524, filed on May 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349726 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G01D 4/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/22 (2006.01); H04H 60/31 (2008.01); H04H 60/37 (2008.01)
CPC G01D 4/004 (2013.01) [G01D 4/02 (2013.01); G01N 33/225 (2013.01); H04H 60/31 (2013.01); H04H 60/375 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/883 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility sensing system, comprising:
a sensor module, comprising:
one or more sensors; and
an electronic processor configured to:
broadcast an advertisement signal associated with a communication protocol for a first transmission time,
determine whether a response message is received within a predetermined time period, and
in response to determining that the response message is not received within the predetermined time period, operate in a modified sleep mode, wherein operating in the modified sleep mode comprises modifying an operation of a communication interface to broadcast the advertisement signal at a periodic interval, such that the advertisement signal is only broadcast at the periodic interval for a second transmission time, and
a receiving device, comprising:
an electronic processor configured to:
transmit the response message in response to receiving the advertisement signal;
determine whether a previous communication link had previously been established with the sensor module,
establish a new communication link with the sensor module in response to determining that the previous communication link had previously been established with the sensor module, and
transmit a first status message to a utility server indicating that the sensor module was previously out of communication with the receiving device.