Using bi-directional communications in a market-based resource allocation system
First Claim
1. A method for generating a bid value for purchasing electricity in a market-based resource allocation system, comprising:
- receiving a desired performance value indicative of a user'"'"'s desired performance level for an electrical device;
receiving a user tolerance value indicative of the user'"'"'s willingness to tolerate variations from the desired performance level; and
using computing hardware, computing a bid value for purchasing electricity sufficient to operate the electrical device at the desired performance level, the computing being performed using at least the desired performance value and the user tolerance value.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for distributing a resource (such as electricity) using a resource allocation system. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of requests for electricity are received from a plurality of end-use consumers. The requests indicate a requested quantity of electricity and a consumer-requested index value indicative of a maximum price a respective end-use consumer will pay for the requested quantity of electricity. A plurality of offers for supplying electricity are received from a plurality of resource suppliers. The offers indicate an offered quantity of electricity and a supplier-requested index value indicative of a minimum price for which a respective supplier will produce the offered quantity of electricity. A dispatched index value is computed at which electricity is to be supplied based at least in part on the consumer-requested index values and the supplier-requested index values.
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65 Claims
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1. A method for generating a bid value for purchasing electricity in a market-based resource allocation system, comprising:
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receiving a desired performance value indicative of a user'"'"'s desired performance level for an electrical device; receiving a user tolerance value indicative of the user'"'"'s willingness to tolerate variations from the desired performance level; and using computing hardware, computing a bid value for purchasing electricity sufficient to operate the electrical device at the desired performance level, the computing being performed using at least the desired performance value and the user tolerance value. - 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)
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31. A method for generating a bid value for purchasing electricity in a market-based resource allocation system, comprising:
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receiving an indication of a current status of a system controlled by an electrical device; using computing hardware, computing an average dispatched value using multiple dispatched values from a previous time period, the multiple dispatched values representing values at which electricity was dispatched by the market-based resource allocation system during the previous time period; and using the computing hardware, computing a bid value for purchasing electricity sufficient to operate the electrical device, the computing being performed using at least the current status of the system and the average dispatched value. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method for generating a bid value for purchasing electricity in a market-based resource allocation system, comprising:
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receiving a desired temperature value indicative of a user'"'"'s desired temperature in a temperature-controlled zone; receiving a user comfort setting selected by the user, the user comfort setting being selected from at least a first user comfort setting and a second user comfort setting, the first user comfort setting indicating the user'"'"'s willingness to pay more to achieve the desired temperature relative to the second user comfort setting; and using computing hardware, computing a bid value for purchasing electricity to heat or cool the temperature-controlled zone to the desired temperature, the bid value being computed using at least the desired temperature, the user comfort setting, and a historical value indicative of an average value at which electricity was dispatched by the resource allocation system over a historical time period. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A method for controlling electrical power distribution using a resource allocation system, the method comprising:
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measuring a current zone temperature and computing a consequent bid price; transmitting the bid price into the resource allocation system; receiving a resulting market clearing price from the resource allocation system; using computing hardware, calculating an adjusted zone set point; and resetting a thermostat'"'"'s zone set point to the adjusted zone set point. - View Dependent Claims (65)
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