Chung N Cheng

US Patent:

20130138367, May 30, 2013

Filed:

Dec 31, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/731749

Inventors:

Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ, US
Jay J. Cappy - Louisville KY, US
Brian A. Fleck - McKees Rocks PA, US
Jean F. Dubois - Boothbay Harbor ME, US
Alessandro M. Meynardi - Macungie PA, US
Chung Ping Cheng - Lexington MA, US
Martin Doehring - Northborough MA, US

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G01R 31/08
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

702 59

Abstract:

Power outages and restorations at telecommunications subscribers' premises can be automatically detected and reported in a manner that is sensitive to subscriber privacy concerns. A server device receives, from a network terminal device installed at a subscriber premise, an alert that the network terminal device has lost primary power from a power grid. The server device determines a physical address of a location for the network terminal and associates the physical address of the network terminal location with particular power grid equipment. The server device determines whether a power outage of the power grid has occurred and outputs a notification of the power outage associated with the particular power grid equipment when the power outage is determined to occur.