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System for Supermarket Energy Management

  • US 20110106759A1
  • Filed: 10/01/2010
  • Published: 05/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system of managing supermarket refrigeration information systems comprising:

  • one or more on-site computers for receiving data and data updates from and operably connected with one or more on-site refrigeration control systems, wherein the on-site computer has a processor and software for translating the data and data updates into a generic data structure and one or more databases for storing the translated data and data updates;

    a communication network operably connecting the on-site computers with a central server and for transmitting a copy of each database to a corresponding central server database;

    a central server having one or more databases for storing a copy of each on-site computer database, a processor, and software for;

    i) repetitively detecting, at a selected timing interval, that the on-site database contains data updates, ii) making a copy of the updated on-site database, iii) replacing the corresponding copy on the central server with the updated copy; and

    iv) organizing, drilling, and presenting data to a user from the updated copy of the database on the central server, in response to a query of the user, without retrieving the data individually from the on-site computer;

    a second communication network operably connecting the central server with one or more user computers and which is capable of transmitting data therebetween.

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