SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKETING AND DEVELOPING A CUSTOM SUBSTATION
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of marketing an electricity distribution and transmission substation to a customer by a substation vendor, comprising:
- collecting functional information relating to intended use and location of the substation; and
identifying at least one substation configuration from a database of plural substation configurations, the identified substation configurations having at least some suitability for satisfying the collected functional information, and wherein the identification is made by an expert system that matches the functional information with predetermined characteristics of each of the plural substation configurations.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method of marketing an electricity distribution and transmission substation to a customer by a substation vendor. The method includes collecting functional information relating to intended use and location of the substation. The method also includes identifying at least one substation configuration from a database of plural substation configurations, where the identified substation configurations have at least some suitability for satisfying the collected functional information. The identification is made by an expert system that matches the functional information with predetermined characteristics of each of the plural substation configurations.
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28 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of marketing an electricity distribution and transmission substation to a customer by a substation vendor, comprising:
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collecting functional information relating to intended use and location of the substation; and identifying at least one substation configuration from a database of plural substation configurations, the identified substation configurations having at least some suitability for satisfying the collected functional information, and wherein the identification is made by an expert system that matches the functional information with predetermined characteristics of each of the plural substation configurations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer implemented method of marketing an electricity distribution and transmission substation to a customer by a substation vendor, comprising:
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storing a substation configuration database containing plural predetermined substation configurations; and for each substation configuration, associating one or more substation customer markets for which the substation configuration has at least some suitability, the associated substation customer markets based on at least one factor selected from intended electricity use, geographic location, environmental conditions, government regulations and combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A computer implemented substation marketing and development tool for use in marketing a custom electricity distribution and transmission substation to a customer by a substation vendor, comprising:
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a substation configuration database stored by a memory, the database containing plural predetermined substation configurations; and a program embodied on a machine readable medium, the program containing executable logic to; collect functional information relating to intended use and location of the substation; and identify at least one substation configuration from the database that has at least some suitability for satisfying collected functional information, and wherein the identification is made by an expert system that matches the functional information with predetermined characteristics of each of the plural substation configurations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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