Management platform and associated method for managing smart meters

US8145540B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

• Catherine Lefevre · Corroy-Le-Château, BE
• Christophe Closset · Ampsin, BE
• Martin Dermot Whelan · Melbourne, AU
• Michel Genette · Bovesse, BE
• Pierre Close · Esneux, BE
• Sebastien Determe · Vieux-Genappe, BE
• Dieter Kopp · Hemmingen, DE
• John Johnson · Grafton, GB
• Jacobus Antheunisse · Nootdorp, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 2009
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S50/10
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a management platform for monitoring and managing one or more smart meters. The management platform comprises means for communicating with smart meters and a workflow handler for executing a workflow. A workflow specifies a process for management of the smart meters.