NETWORK SYSTEM

• US 20110307594A1
• Filed: 06/08/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Hoonbong, KIM, Yanghwan, LEE, Koonseok, AHN, Junho
• Application Number:
  US13/155,911
• Publication Number:
  US 20110307594A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00016 using a wired telecommunication network or a data transmission bus
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00034 the elements or equipment being or involving an electric power substation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/20 The dispersed energy generation being of renewable origin
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/22 The renewable source being solar energy
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/28 The renewable source being wind energy wind motors F03D
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/30 The power source being a fuel cell
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/40 wherein a plurality of decentralised, dispersed or local energy generation technologies are operated simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/76 Power conversion electric or electronic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/12 Monitoring or controlling equipment for energy generation units, e.g. distributed energy generation [DER] or load-side generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/123 the energy generation units being or involving renewable energy sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/124 using wired telecommunication networks or data transmission busses

Abstract

Provided is a network system.

Claims

1. A Network system, comprising:

a first component configured to transmit or receive information;

a second component configured to communicate with the first component; and

a third component configured to communicate with the first component,

wherein the first component comprises;

a central manager;

a communication unit for performing communication; and

an application programming interface (API) that serves as an interface between the central manager and the communication unit,

wherein information or a signal transmitted/received into/from the communication unit is converted and transmitted into the central manager.

2. The network system according to claim 1, wherein the first component further comprises:

a local manager and an interpreter;

wherein the local manager communicates with the application programming interface, and

the interpreter converts information transmitted/received between the local manager and the communication unit.

3. The network system according to claim 2, wherein in a case where the information transmitted/received into/from the communication unit is information about an operation of the second component, the information transmitted/received by the communication unit is converted by the interpreter.

4. The network system according to claim 3, wherein the application programming interface comprises:

a first application programming interface configured to communicate with the local manager and a second application programming interface configured to directly communicate with the communication unit.

5. The network system according to claim 4, wherein in a case where the information transmitted/received into/from the communication unit is information except the information about the operation of the second component, the information or signal transmitted into the communication unit is transmitted into the second application programming interface.

6. The network system according to claim 2, wherein information related to the second component is stored in the local manager.

7. The network system according to claim 2, wherein the local manager is connected a memory that information related to the second component is stored.

8. The network system according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit comprises:

a first communication part configured to the second component; and

a second communication part configured to the third component.

9. The network system according to claim 1, wherein communication protocol between the first and second components is equal to or different from communication protocol between the first and third components.

10. The network system according to claim 1, wherein the second component is selected from a group of an energy consumption component for consuming energy, an energy generation component for generating energy, and an energy storage component for storing energy.