meter.me | Intellectual Property

meter.me's moat isn't a single patent or brand. It's the compounding effect of four technical advantages built over years in the field, none of which can be shortcut by a well-funded competitor.

⚙ Field-hardened motes

Proprietary firmware layer on OEM hardware. Report-on-change algorithms that extend battery life and make sensors plumber-installable, no technician needed.

HARDWARE + FIRMWARE

🧠 4 years of ML fine-tuning

Models trained on real well and pump data, integrated with weather patterns. Accuracy that can only come from years of continuous field deployment.

DATA + MODELS

🤖 18 months of AI-to-physical integration

Production guardrails, proxy layers, and multi-model redundancy that let AI safely control real-world pumps and valves. Cost-optimized with failover across LLM providers.

AI + PHYSICAL WORLD

🔌 Sensor adoption schema

Proprietary abstraction that takes complex Modbus sensors and integrates them into a plumber-friendly ecosystem. Any sensor, one workflow.

INTEGRATION LAYER

Method and System for Extracting Water with Consideration of the Recharge Rate and Other Factors to Protect the Aquifer

US 12,392,116

Filed: May 15, 2023
Granted: August 19, 2025
Inventors: Ofer Tenenbaum, George Stuart Richmond, Dana Myers, Andrew James Emerick, Mahdad Talebpour
Assignee: Lamarr, Inc. (Fairfield, CA)
Status: Active, Granted
Classification: Flow Control (Valve or Pump Control) · 700/282