A meter device
CA 2571330 C · Owner: Freestyle Technology Pty Ltd · Inventors: Mcdonald, Ian Kenneth Francis; Donaghey, Andrew Paul; Beard, David Lewis
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A utility meter device (1002) including a communications receiver (110) for receiving file fragments for the device a processing means (150), eg , microprocessor microcontroller, and programmable non-volatile memory means (120), eg flash, EEPROM, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing a meter application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions in at least one of the fragments to provide data for reconfiguring a meter through a control interface (1016).
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- Filed June 24, 2005 and granted May 16, 2017. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 24, 2025.
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