METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF DEVICES BASED ON INFORMATION REGARDING POWER CONSUMPTION OF THE DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method of controlling operations of a participating controlled device in a network that includes a control device and at least one participating controlled device, the method comprising:
- receiving operation limiting information from the participating controlled device from among the at least one participating controlled device, the operation limiting information comprising combinations of allowed operations from among operations that the participating controlled device is capable of performing, and power consumption levels that are relative amounts of power consumption of the combinations of allowed operations;
setting a power consumption level corresponding to the participating controlled device, from among the power consumption levels, based on information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information; and
controlling the operations of the participating controlled device based on the set power consumption level.
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Abstract
A method of controlling operations of a participating controlled device in a network that includes a control device and the participating controlled device, the method including: receiving operation limiting information from the participating controlled device, the operation limiting information including combinations of allowed operations from among a plurality of operations that the participating controlled device is capable of performing, and power consumption levels that are relative amounts of power consumption of the combinations of allowed operations; setting a power consumption level corresponding to the participating controlled device, from among the power consumption levels, based on information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information; and controlling the operations of the participating controlled device based on the set power consumption level.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of controlling operations of a participating controlled device in a network that includes a control device and at least one participating controlled device, the method comprising:
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receiving operation limiting information from the participating controlled device from among the at least one participating controlled device, the operation limiting information comprising combinations of allowed operations from among operations that the participating controlled device is capable of performing, and power consumption levels that are relative amounts of power consumption of the combinations of allowed operations; setting a power consumption level corresponding to the participating controlled device, from among the power consumption levels, based on information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information; and controlling the operations of the participating controlled device based on the set power consumption level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 32)
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16. An apparatus for controlling operations of a participating controlled device in a network that includes a control device and at least one participating controlled device, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiver which receives operation limiting information from the participating controlled device from among the at least one participating controlled device, the operation limiting information comprising combinations of allowed operations from among operations that the participating controlled device is capable of performing, and power consumption levels that are relative amounts of power consumption of the combinations of allowed operations; a power consumption level setting unit which sets a power consumption level corresponding to the participating controlled device, from among the power consumption levels, based on information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information; and an operation control unit for controlling the operations of the participating controlled devices based on the set power consumption levels. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of controlling operations of a participating controlled device in a network that includes a control device and the participating controlled device, the method comprising:
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transmitting, from the participating controlled device, operation limiting information comprising combinations of allowed operations from among operations that the participating controlled device is capable of performing, and power consumption levels that are relative amounts of power consumption of the combinations of allowed operations; and controlling the operations of the participating controlled device based on a set power consumption level, from among the power consumption levels, that is set by the control device based on information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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