ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,904, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to EI ELECTRONICS LLC (Westbury, N.Y.).

"Devices, systems and methods for a cloud-based meter management system" was invented by Erran Kagan (Great Neck, N.Y.), Luna A. Koval (Commack, N.Y.) and Elly Engelstein (Great Neck, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods for a cloud-based meter management system are provided. The present disclosure includes a meter cloud server, a plurality of IEDs or meters, and one or more clients 608 (e.g., a web browser client), which are coupled together via a network (e.g., via various wireless and/or hardwired communication networks). The v...