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Method for the secure operation of an electronic consumption data module and consumption data module

US10900807B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Diehl Metering Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Blank · Regensburg, DE
Petra Joppich-Dohlus · Rathsberg, DE
Stefan Schmitz · San Francisco, US
Achim Schmidt · Wrist, DE
Christian Jambor · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 2019
Grant date	Jan 26, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2209/60
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating an electronic consumption data module. Consumption data are transmitted via a communication system to a receiver, and different keys are provided for different software authorizations. Command authorizations are defined as software authorizations in the consumption data module. A consumption data module has a memory, a control and/or regulating unit, and a communication device for the consumption data transmission. Different keys are provided for different software authorizations, and the command authorizations are defined as software authorizations in the consumption data module. The consumption data module is operable by the method.

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