METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVISIONING ENERGY PROFILE IN HOME AREA NETWORK

• US 20120083937A1
• Filed: 10/05/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kong, Dong-Keon, Park, Joon-Ho, Chang, Yong, Lim, Hyoung-Kyu, Han, Se-Hee
• Granted Patent: US 9,508,105 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/295
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/14 The load or loads being home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/28 characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] wireless communication networks H04W ; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/20 End-user application control systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 Home appliances

Abstract

A method for configuring a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) in a Home Area Network (HAN) is provided. The method includes registering the HEMS to a smart meter, and managing an energy profile of an HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN. Accordingly, a Demand Response (DR) may not normally operate between devices even if energy profile differs from one device to another.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) in a Home Area Network (HAN), the method comprising:

registering the HEMS to a smart meter; and

managing each an energy profile of at least one HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the managing of the energy profile of the HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN comprises:

requesting, by the HAN device, a beacon message broadcasting to the smart meter; and

transmitting, by the smart meter, the beacon message including energy profile information to the HAN device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the HAN device is one of the HEMS, a smart home appliance, and an In-Home Display (IHD).

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the energy profile information includes at least one of a manufacturer, a utility provider, an energy profile version, a type, and an application identifier.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining, by the HEMS, an energy profile version on the basis of the received energy profile.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining of the energy profile version on the basis of the received energy profile comprises, when an application identifier is included in the received energy profile, executing a corresponding application to exchange the energy profile.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the managing of the energy profile of the HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN comprises:

performing radio access between a User Equipment (UE) and the HEMS;

receiving location information by transmitting a location request message by the HEMS to the UE;

requesting, by the HEMS, a profile by transmitting the location information of the UE to a server that manages the HEMS; and

receiving, by the HEMS, energy profile information of the smart meter from an HEMS server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the managing of the energy profile of the HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN comprises:

receiving, by an HEMS management server, location information of a UE from the HEMS;

determining, by the HEMS management server, power provider information of a corresponding area and smart meter'"'"'s energy profile information provided by a power provider, on the basis of the location information of the UE; and

transmitting, by the HEMS management server, to the HAN device, a profile message including the power provider information of the corresponding area and the smart meter'"'"'s energy profile information provided by the power provider.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the location information of the UE is either a zip code of an area to which the UE is registered or Global Positioning System (GPS) location information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the managing of the energy profile of the HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN comprises:

exchanging an energy profile between the HAN device and the HEMS;

upon receiving a profile update request message including an address of a download sewer from the HEMS, downloading by the HAN device a new energy profile by using a file transfer protocol by establishing a connection to the download server; and

installing by the HAN device the downloaded new energy profile.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the download server is an HEMS management server.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the HAN device is one of a smart home appliance and an IHD.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the managing of the energy profile of the HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN comprises:

exchanging a energy profile between the HEMS and the HAN device;

determining by the HEMS whether a energy profile of the HAN device is supported, by determining an energy profile version of the HAN device; and

if the energy profile of the HAN device is not supported, transmitting by the HEMS a profile update request message including an address of a download server to the HAN device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the download server is an HEMS management server.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the HAN device is one of a smart home appliance and an IHD.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the managing of the energy profile of the HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN comprises:

exchanging a service profile between the HEMS and the HAN device;

determining by the HEMS whether a service profile of the HAN device is supported, by determining an energy profile version of the HAN device; and

if the energy profile of the HAN device is not supported, downloading by the HAN device a new energy profile by using a file transfer protocol by establishing a connection to the download server; and

installing the downloaded new energy profile.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the download server is an HEMS management server.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the HAN device is one of a smart home appliance and an IHD.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the registering of the HEMS to the smart meter comprises:

transmitting by the HEMS a first register request message to an HEMS management server;

transmitting by the HEMS management server a second register request message including the customer information to a head-end server that manages the smart meter in a utility provider network after determining customer information of the HEMS; and

provisioning, by the head-end server, HEMS information and authorization key information to the smarter meter after performing customer authorization on the basis of the customer information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the determining of the customer information of the HEMS by the HEMS management server comprises:

determining whether the first register request message includes the customer information;

if the first register request message does not include the customer information, transmitting by the HEMS server an authorization request message to the HEMS and transmitting a Short Message Service (SMS) message including an authorization code to a UE of a pre-registered customer; and

receiving by the HEMS the SMS message including the authorization code from the UE of the pre-registered customer and transmitting the received authorization code to the HEMS management server.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the energy profile of the HAN device.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the updating of the energy profile of the HAN device comprises:

acquiring energy profile information by receiving a beacon energy from the HEMS;

if an application identifier exists in the energy profile information, driving a corresponding application after establishing a link;

performing an energy profile discovery process with respect to the HEMS by using the driven application; and

upon receiving an energy profile update request from the HEMS, downloading and updating a new energy profile.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising, if the application identifier does not exist in the energy profile information, communicating with the HEMS on the basis of a default energy profile.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising, if there is no energy profile update request from the HEMS, communicating with the HEMS on the basis of a default energy profile.

25. A system operable to register to a smart meter in a Home Area Network (HAN), the system comprising:

a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) configured to transmit a first register request message to an HEMS management server;

the HEMS management server configured to transmit a second register request message including customer information to a head-end server that manages the smart meter in a utility provider network after determining customer information of the HEMS; and

the head-end server configured to provision HEMS information and authorization key information to the smarter meter after performing customer authorization on the basis of the customer information.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the HEMS management server is configured to determine whether the first register request message includes the customer information,

wherein if the first register request message does not include the customer information, the HEMS management server is configured to transmit an authorization request message to the HEMS and transmits a Short Message Service (SMS) message including an authorization code to a user equipment (UE) of a pre-registered customer, and

wherein the HEMS is configured to receive the SMS message including the authorization code from the UE of the pre-registered customer and transmit the received authorization code to the HEMS management server.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein a mutual access process is performed between the HEMS management server and the UE of the pre-registered customer.

28. A Home Energy Management System (HEMS) operable to provision an energy profile between devices in a Home Area Network (HAN), comprising:

a controller configured to;

perform radio access between a User Equipment (UE) and the HEMS,

receive location information by transmitting a location request message to the UE,

transmit the location information of the UE to an HEMS server, and

receive energy profile information of a smart meter from the HEMS server.

29. The HEMS of claim 28, wherein the location information of the UE is either a zip code of an area to which the UE is registered or Global Positioning System (GPS) location information.

30. A Home Energy Management System (HEMS) managing server operable to provision an energy profile between devices in a Home Area Network (HAN), comprising:

a controller configured to receive location information of a User Equipment (UE) from the HEMS, determine power provider information of a corresponding area and smart meter'"'"'s energy profile information provided by a power provider, on the basis of the location information of the UE, and transmit, to an HAN device, a profile message including the power provider information of the corresponding area and the smart meter'"'"'s energy profile information provided by the power provider.

31. The HEMS management server of claim 31, wherein the location information of the UE is either a zip code of an area to which the UE is registered or Global Positioning System (GPS) location information.

32. A Home Area Network (HAN) device operable to update an energy profile between devices in an HAN, the HAN comprising:

a controller configured to exchange an energy profile between the HAN device and a Home Energy Management System (HEMS), upon receiving a profile update request message including an address of a download server from the HEMS, configured to download by the HAN device a new energy profile by using a file transfer protocol by establishing a connection to the download server, and configured to install the downloaded new energy profile.

33. The HAN device of claim 32, wherein the download server is an HEMS management server.

34. The HAN device of claim 32, wherein the HAN device is one of a smart home appliance and an In-Home Display (IHD).

35. A Home Energy Management System (HEMS) operable to update an energy profile between devices in a Home Arena Network (HAN), comprising:

a controller configured to exchange a service profile with an HAN device, configured to determine whether a service profile of the HAN device may be supported, by determining an energy profile version of the HAN device, and if the energy profile of the HAN device may not be supported, configured to transmit a profile update request message including an address of a download server to the HAN device.

36. The HEMS of claim 35, wherein the download server is an HEMS management server.

37. The HEMS of claim 35, wherein the HAN device is one of a smart home appliance and an In-Home Display (IHD).

38. A Home Energy Management System (HEMS) operable to update an energy profile between devices in a Home Area Network (HAN), comprising:

a controller configured to exchange a service profile with an HAN device, configured to determine whether a service profile of the HAN device is supported, by determining an energy profile version of the HAN device, if the service profile of the HAN device is not supported, configured to download by the HAN device a new energy profile by using a file transfer protocol by establishing a connection to the download server, and configured to install the downloaded new energy profile.

39. The HEMS of claim 38, wherein the download server is an HEMS management server.

40. The HEMS of claim 38, wherein the HAN device is one of a smart home appliance and an In-Home Display (IHD).