SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC POWER MANAGEMENT OF REMOTE ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING A MOBILE DEVICE
First Claim
1. In an energy management system (EMS), a method for automatic remote power management of one or more assets located at one or more facilities based on a geographic location of a mobile device, wherein the EMS includes predefined association information indicating an association between the one or more assets located at the one or more facilities and the mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving location information at the EMS corresponding to a current geographic location of the mobile device;
identifying at least one particular asset associated with the mobile device based on the predefined association information;
determining whether action should be taken with respect to the at least one particular asset based on the received location information corresponding to the current geographic location of the mobile device; and
if it is determined that action should be taken with respect to the at least one particular asset, executing the action with respect to the at least one particular asset.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing and monitoring a plurality of disparate electrical and/or electronic devices located at various geographically distributed facilities remotely on the basis of an instantaneous location of a user'"'"'s mobile device that is associated with one or more electrical and/or electronic devices. Remote management of these devices involve transmitting information corresponding to a current location of a user'"'"'s mobile device that will be managing the devices, without the need for installing additional software on the devices. An energy management system installed within an organization'"'"'s infrastructure communicates with users'"'"' mobile devices and executes power management commands on the electrical and/or electronic devices, for purposes of monitoring and managing several operational aspects related to such devices. Such power management commands can be on-demand dynamic commands provided by a user'"'"'s mobile device, or predefined commands stored in the energy management system.
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21 Claims
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1. In an energy management system (EMS), a method for automatic remote power management of one or more assets located at one or more facilities based on a geographic location of a mobile device, wherein the EMS includes predefined association information indicating an association between the one or more assets located at the one or more facilities and the mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving location information at the EMS corresponding to a current geographic location of the mobile device; identifying at least one particular asset associated with the mobile device based on the predefined association information; determining whether action should be taken with respect to the at least one particular asset based on the received location information corresponding to the current geographic location of the mobile device; and if it is determined that action should be taken with respect to the at least one particular asset, executing the action with respect to the at least one particular asset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a mobile device, a method for automatic remote power management of one or more assets located at one or more facilities based on a geographic location of a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is in wireless communications with an energy management system (EMS) that includes operative connections with the one or more assets, comprising the steps of:
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identifying a current physical location of the mobile device; retrieving active region parameters indicating one or more predefined active regions relating to the mobile device, wherein each active region defines a geographic boundary that corresponds to one or more actions to be taken with respect to the one or more assets based on the location of the mobile device; determining whether the active region parameters are satisfied based on the current physical location of the mobile device; if the active region parameters are satisfied, retrieving commands corresponding to the one or more actions to be taken with respect to the one or more assets; and transmitting the commands to the EMS to perform the corresponding one or more actions with respect to the one or more assets. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a mobile device, a method for automatic remote power management of one or more assets located at one or more facilities based on a geographic location of a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is in wireless communications with an energy management system (EMS) that includes operative connections with the one or more assets, comprising the steps of:
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determining an instantaneous location of a user'"'"'s mobile device; retrieving association information comprising one or more active regions identifying geographical areas that, when the user'"'"'s mobile device is located therein, indicate one or more actions to be taken with respect to the one or more assets; and in the event that the instantaneous location is within an active region, transmitting to the EMS information relating to the instantaneous location of the user'"'"'s mobile device, whereby the EMS applies various predefined power management commands to the one or more assets corresponding to the one or more actions associated with the active region. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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