Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electric meter assembly including a meter support platform or base able to reversibly electrically couple to a transformer providing inputs including an AC power supply, phase voltage, and/or a phase current. Output of the meter support platform or base can be DC power, AC phase voltage signals and/or AC phase current. Further, a removable or portable meter can couple to the meter support platform or base and to an electric meter system including a meter core coupled to a wireless transmitter, an antenna, an integrated power sensor, and data meter front end. The system includes a data manager configured for electric service analysis including energy usage, and/or interval temperature, phase voltage, current and phase angle in real time, electric energy kWh and kVARh values in a user-specified period, wrong meter base installation detection, physical location of the removable or portable meter, and tamper detection.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electric meter assembly including a meter support platform or base able to reversibly electrically couple to a transformer providing inputs including an AC power supply, phase voltage, and/or a phase current. Output of the meter support platform or base can be DC power, AC phase voltage signals and/or AC phase current. Further, a removable or portable meter can couple to the meter support platform or base and to an electric meter system including a meter core coupled to a wireless transmitter, an antenna, an integrated power sensor, and data meter front end. The system includes a data manager configured for electric service analysis including energy usage, and/or interval temperature, phase voltage, current and phase angle in real time, electric energy kWh and kVARh values in a user-specified period, wrong meter base installation detection, physical location of the removable or portable meter, and tamper detection.

Abstract: A wireless device capable of acquiring service from multiple wireless entities operating according to at least two different wireless communication standards. In a specific non-limiting example, the wireless communication standards provide different service attributes to the user of the wireless device. For example, each standard can be adapted to provide specific services to the user such as voice, video or data, or combinations thereof. A specific example of wireless communication standards that can be used are standards based on the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication technology. In a more specific example the first wireless communication standard is CDMA 2000 1× that provides voice and data services and the second wireless communication standard is CDMA 2000 Evolution Data Only (EvDO) providing data only services but at a higher rate than CDMA 2000 1×.