Thin client power management system and method
First Claim
1. An electrical power management system comprising:
- a network;
a first intelligent electronic device (“
IED”
) coupled with said network operative to provide a power management function and at least one of receive control commands and provide power management data onto said network; and
a first computer coupled with said network, said first computer comprising a first web browser program, said first program operative to retrieve at least said power management data from said network and process said power management data;
wherein said first program is operative to present said processed power management data to a first user of said first computer.
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Abstract
A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes one or more data sources, such as intelligent electronic devices (“IED'"'"'s”), distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage and report the flow and consumption of the power from the system. The data sources are linked via a network to one or more decentralized world wide web browser based data processing applications, the browser application allowing multiple users to individually retrieve, process and display the data from a single, or a combination of multiple data sources. The browser application also allows users to manage the data.
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73 Claims
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1. An electrical power management system comprising:
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a network;
a first intelligent electronic device (“
IED”
) coupled with said network operative to provide a power management function and at least one of receive control commands and provide power management data onto said network; and
a first computer coupled with said network, said first computer comprising a first web browser program, said first program operative to retrieve at least said power management data from said network and process said power management data;
wherein said first program is operative to present said processed power management data to a first user of said first computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An application for use with an electrical power management system, said system comprising a network and an intelligent electronic device (“
- IED”
) coupled with said network, said application comprising;
a data retriever operative to transmit a command and retrieve first power management data from said IED over said network;
a data processor operative to process said first power management data and generate said command; and
a graphic display operative to visually display at least said processed first power management data to a user of said application and receive input from said user;
wherein said application is operative to be executed by a web browser program, said web browser program executing on a first computer coupled with said network. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A method of presenting power management data in a web browser, said web browser coupled with a network and further coupled with at least one power management data source, the method comprising:
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a) retrieving at least one power management data response from said at least one power management data source over said network by said web browser;
b) processing said at least one data response in said web browser; and
c) displaying said processed data in said web browser. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method of controlling the power management function of an IED, said IED coupled with a network and further coupled with at least one web browser, the method comprising:
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a) retrieving power management data from said IED;
b) processing said power management data in said web browser to create processed data;
c) generating a control command based on said processed data and sending said control command to said IED for the purpose of controlling a power management function on said IED; and
d) transmitting said control command to said IED. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71)
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72. An electrical power management system for managing an electrical power distribution system comprising:
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a network;
at least one intelligent electronic device (“
IED”
) coupled with a portion of said electrical power distribution system and further coupled with said network, each of said at least one IED operative to implement a power management function in conjunction with said portion of said electrical power distribution system, said power management function operative to respond to at least one power management command and generate power management data, each of said at least one IED comprising;
a first network interface operative to couple said at least one IED with said network and facilitate transmission of said power management data and receipt of said at least one power management command over said network;
said system further comprising;
a power management application coupled with said network and operative to receive and process said power management data from said at least one IED and generate said at least one power management command to said at least one IED to implement said power management function; and
at least one computer coupled with said network, said computer comprising an internet browser program, said internet browser program operative to retrieve said power management data from said at least one IED and process said power management data;
wherein said internet browser program is operative to present said processed power management data from said internet browser program to a first user of said at least one computer. - View Dependent Claims (73)
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