ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,571, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Aclara Technologies LLC (St. Louis).
"Systems and methods for temporary pausing of utility alarm" was invented by Peggy Rose Devereaux (Saint Louis, Mo.) and Thomas Barrett McLaughlin (Saint Louis, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility sensor module includes one or more sensors and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive a pause mode command initiate a pause mode timer at a first predefined timer value in response to receiving the pause mode command. The electronic processor is further configured to change an operating mode of the utility sensor module to...