ENERGY METERING SYSTEM, ENERGY METERING METHOD AND WATT HOUR METER OF SUPPORTING DYNAMIC TIME-VARYING ENERGY PRICING
First Claim
1. An energy metering system supporting dynamic time-varying energy pricing, the system comprising:
- a remote server managing the dynamic time-varying energy pricing system where energy price changes in time;
a communication network connecting the remote server and an energy meter; and
the energy meter measuring energy consumption flowing via the energy metering system, and receiving time-based energy price information from the communication network, wherein the energy meter extracts current time-applied energy price information from the time-based energy price information, and time-sequentially records in storage meansa record including time information of relevant unit time for each unit time, the extracted energy price information and energy consumption information at relevant unit time.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is disclosed to record in detail and manage information on energy use history of a user under various energy pricing systems where energy prices are changed in time. To this end, an energy meter receives time-based energy price information from a remote server, and time-sequentially records a record including time information of relevant unit time for each unit time, energy price information applied to relevant unit time and energy consumption information at the relevant unit time, whereby the information on how much, when and at what price the user has used the energy can be accurately and quite obviously managed. The energy use history can be used in various fields as data for promoting reasonable energy use, and as a base for calculating energy use charge.
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1. An energy metering system supporting dynamic time-varying energy pricing, the system comprising:
- a remote server managing the dynamic time-varying energy pricing system where energy price changes in time;
a communication network connecting the remote server and an energy meter; and
the energy meter measuring energy consumption flowing via the energy metering system, and receiving time-based energy price information from the communication network, wherein the energy meter extracts current time-applied energy price information from the time-based energy price information, and time-sequentially records in storage meansa record including time information of relevant unit time for each unit time, the extracted energy price information and energy consumption information at relevant unit time.
- a remote server managing the dynamic time-varying energy pricing system where energy price changes in time;
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2. An energy metering method supporting dynamic time-varying energy pricing system, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an energy meter, time-based energy price information from a remote server through a communication network;
measuring, by the energy meter, energy consumption and monitoring whether a pre-set unit time has elapsed; and
time-sequentially recording in storage means, by the energy meter, a record including time information of relevant unit time for each unit time, energy price information applied to relevant unit time and energy consumption information at the relevant unit time. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
- receiving, by an energy meter, time-based energy price information from a remote server through a communication network;
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5. A watt hour meter supporting dynamic time-varying energy pricing system, the meter comprising:
- communication means receiving time-based electric price information from a remote server or a user;
metering means measuring power consumption flowing through the watt hour meter;
storage means recording the measured power consumption and operation information of the watt hour meter;
time check means measuring a current time; and
processing means processing the watt hour meter in which electric price is dynamically changed in time, wherein the processing means extracts current time-applied electric price information from time-based electric price information received from the communication means, and time-sequentially records in storage means a record including time information of relevant unit time for each unit time, the extracted electric price information and power consumption information at relevant unit time. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- communication means receiving time-based electric price information from a remote server or a user;
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