ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,047, issued on May 20, was assigned to EI ELECTRONICS LLC (Westbury, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for processing meter information in a network of intelligent electronic devices" was invented by Erran Kagan (Great Neck, N.Y.) and Luna A. Koval (Commack, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for managing software scripts. One system comprises one or more meters, each configured to measure parameters of a commodity. The system also comprises a server and a plurality of client devices. The server is in communication with the one or more meters by way of a communication network and is configured to receive a...