Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility services

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8819279
APP PUB NO 20130148544A1
SERIAL NO

13762876

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A method and system of operating a utility node to communicate in a wireless utility network are provided. A utility node in the wireless utility network discovers at least two access points each respectively constituting an interface between a wide area network and the wireless utility network. The node discovers at least two access points constituting an interface between the two networks, registers with the discovered access points, and obtains at least two unique network addresses each respectively associated with a corresponding one of the access points with which the node has registered. The node provides the at least two addresses to a back office server which is communication with the wide area network to provide the back office server with at least two routes to reach the node. The at least two routes are respectively associated with a corresponding one of the access points with which the node registered.

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SILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC575 BROADWAY STREET REDWOOD CITY CA 94063

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Flammer, George Cupertino, US 17 676
Hughes, Sterling Oakland, US 48 1448
McKernan, Daniel Cupertino, US 9 311
Vaswani, Raj Portola Valley, US 64 2678

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