SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MANAGE POWER CONSUMPTION

• US 20100217449A1
• Filed: 02/20/2009
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daedalus Blue LLC
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ramanathan, Sri, Trevathan, Matthew B., Terry, Matthew A., MUSTI, Subrahmanyam S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,175,756 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/291
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3209 Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/1308 Power supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13095 PIN / Access code, authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13204 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13248 Multimedia
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13348 Channel/line reservation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 LAN, internet

Abstract

A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code having programming instructions tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium. The programming instructions are operable to detect an occurrence of at least one of a geoboundary event, a radio frequency identification (RFID) event; and a local area network (LAN) event. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to adjust one or more power consumption settings of an environment based on the occurrence.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to:

detect an occurrence of at least one of;

a geoboundary event;

a radio frequency identification (RFID) event; and

a local area network (LAN) event; and

adjust one or more power consumption settings of an environment based on the occurrence.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the occurrence of the geoboundary event comprises:

receiving location information of a device from a wireless carrier network;

determining that the location information indicates a traversal of the device across an established geoboundary.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining the location information of the device via the wireless carrier network comprises using a IP multimedia subsystem (IMS).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the occurrence of the geoboundary event is sent using session initiation protocol (SIP).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the occurrence of the RFID event comprises at least one of:

detecting an arrival of an RFID tag within at least one of a room and a zone of the environment;

detecting a departure of the RFID tag from the at least one of the room and the zone of the environment;

detecting a presence of two or more RFID tags within a predetermined range of one another; and

detecting an absence of the two or more RFID tags within the predetermined range of one another.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the occurrence of the LAN event comprises detecting at least one of:

an arrival of a LAN-enabled device within a range of a LAN; and

a departure of the LAN-enabled device from the range of the LAN.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting the one or more power consumption settings comprises controlling power distribution in the environment by at least one of:

accessing an environment power grid to adjust power supply in the environment;

accessing the environment power grid to effect power line wiring signaling and/or control; and

accessing an environment internet protocol (IP) network to effect Power-over-Ethernet signaling and/or control.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the environment comprises one or more zones and wherein the one or more zones each comprise one or more rooms.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the environment is one of an office environment, a home environment, a retail environment and a warehouse environment.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising provisioning at least one of:

one or more geoboundaries;

one or more RFID zones; and

one or more RFID rooms in each of the one or more RFID zones.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more geoboundaries comprises an environment geoboundary defined by a perimeter of the environment.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more geoboundaries comprise at least one of concentric and progressively larger geoboundaries surrounding the environment.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an RFID tag for at least one power consuming device.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising establishing one or more power consumption rules for the at least one power consuming device, wherein the adjusting the one or more power consumption settings of the environment is performed in accordance with the one or more power consumption rules for the at least one power consuming device.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising provisioning a wireless device as an SIP client of the wireless carrier network.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein a service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys and supports the computer infrastructure.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein steps are provided by a service provider on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.

18. A system, comprising:

an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) operable to;

detect an occurrence of a geoboundary event; and

send an indication of occurrence of the geoboundary event using session internet protocol (SIP); and

a control unit operable to;

receive the indication of the geoboundary event;

determine an occurrence of at least one of a radio frequency identification (RFID) event and a local area network (LAN) event; and

adjust one or more power consumption settings of an environment based on at least one of the indication of the geoboundary event and the determining the occurrence of the at least one of the RFID event and the LAN event.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the control unit is a SIP client of the IMS.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising one or more wireless devices registered as a SIP client of the IMS.

21. The system of claim 18, further comprising at least one RFID scanner operable to determine the occurrence of the RFID event.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the control unit is operable to adjust one or more power consumption settings of the environment via at least one of:

a connection to an environment power grid to adjust power supply in the environment;

the connection to the environment power grid to effect power line wiring signaling and/or control; and

a connection to an environment internet protocol (IP) network to effect Power-over-Ethernet signaling and/or control.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) comprises:

an IMS control plane;

a network presence server operable to detect presence of a user and communicate via SIP;

a location platform operable to detect location information of the user via a wireless device of the user, which is registered as an SIP client, and communicate the location information to the network presence server;

one or more SIP watcher application servers in communication with the network presence server operable to detect the geoboundary event;

a charging collector function (CCF) operable to collect information for billing; and

a home subscriber server (HSS) operable to perform at least one of authentication and authorization of the user.

24. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:

detect an occurrence of at least one of;

a geoboundary event;

a radio frequency identification (RFID) event; and

a local area network (LAN) event; and

adjust one or more power consumption settings of an environment based on the occurrence,

wherein the detecting the occurrence of the geoboundary event comprises;

receiving location information of a device from a wireless carrier network;

determining that the location information indicates a traversal of the device across an established geoboundary, and

wherein an indication of the occurrence of the geoboundary event is transmitted via session internet protocol (SIP).

25. A method comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure operable to;

detect an occurrence of at least one of;

a geoboundary event in response to a determination that a wireless device in a wireless carrier network has traversed an established geoboundary;

a radio frequency identification (RFID) event; and

a local area network (LAN) event;

receive one or more power consumption rules for at least one power consuming device; and

adjust one or more power consumption settings of an environment based on the occurrence,

wherein the adjusting the one or more power consumption settings of the environment;

is performed in accordance with the one or more power consumption rules for the at least one power consuming device; and

comprises controlling power distribution in the environment by at least one of;

accessing an environment power grid to adjust power supply in the environment;

accessing the environment power grid to effect power line wiring signaling and/or control; and

accessing an environment internet protocol (IP) network to effect Power-over-Ethernet signaling and/or control, and

wherein an indication of the occurrence of the geoboundary event is transmitted using session initiation protocol (SIP).