ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,253, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAGEMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SAS (Bois-Colombes, France).
"Automated collection of metering index of smart fluid meters" was invented by Abbas Sabraoui (Rueil Malmaison, France), Henri Teboulle (Rueil Malmaison, France), Oussama Abid (Rueil Malmaison, France) and Guillaume Lecocq (Rueil Malmaison, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gateway acts as an intermediary between a plurality of smart fluid meters and an information system responsible for collecting metering index readings made by said smart fluid meters. The gateway is connected to the information system by a first communication netwo...