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Method and apparatus for reducing channel capacity required to report a billable consumption of a utility commodity
Method and apparatus for reducing channel capacity required to report a billable consumption of a utility commodity
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机译:用于减少报告公用事业的可计费消费所需的信道容量的方法和设备
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A pricing entity (124) periodically transmits (502) pricing information (226) including pricing of a utility commodity as a function of time. A meter apparatus (130) periodically make s a measurement (602) of consumption of the utility commodity during a predetermined interval, and determines (603) a time at which the measurement is made. The meter apparatus stores (604) the measurement and the time of the measurement in a memory (212), and receives and stores (504) the pricing information. The meter apparatus calculates (610) a billable cost incurred during the predetermined interval, from the measurement and the pricing of the utility commodity corresponding to the time of the measurement.
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