SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, MONITORING, AND CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES
First Claim
1. In an energy management system, a method for remotely monitoring and controlling a plurality of electronic devices associated with one or more facilities, the method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving device information corresponding to characteristics of a particular device housed at a facility, wherein the device information comprises preexisting information maintained within an asset management system;
based on the retrieved device information for the particular device, selecting a predetermined device communications module that enables remote communications with the particular device;
via the predetermined device communications module, identifying current energy information for the particular device;
retrieving a predefined energy rule for the particular device, wherein the predefined energy rule dictates an action to be taken with respect to the particular device based on satisfaction of one or more conditions associated with the energy rule;
determining whether the predefined energy rule has been satisfied for the particular device as a function of the retrieved device information or the current energy information for the particular device; and
if the predefined energy rule has been satisfied for the particular device based on satisfaction of the one or more conditions associated with the energy rule, remotely executing the action mandated by the energy rule via the predetermined device communications module for the particular device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing and monitoring a plurality of disparate electrical and/or electronic devices remotely, without the need for installing additional software on the devices. An energy management system installed within an organization'"'"'s infrastructure communicates with devices from different vendors, makes, and models, housed at multiple geographically distributed facilities, for purposes of monitoring and managing several operational aspects related to such devices. Information related to various operational aspects retrieved from such heterogeneous, distributed devices is utilized in conjunction with energy management policies that remotely control or take actions with respect to the devices to achieve energy efficiency. Comprehensive energy management reports generated by an energy management system provide various details and analytics related to operational aspects of the managed devices.
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29 Claims
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1. In an energy management system, a method for remotely monitoring and controlling a plurality of electronic devices associated with one or more facilities, the method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving device information corresponding to characteristics of a particular device housed at a facility, wherein the device information comprises preexisting information maintained within an asset management system; based on the retrieved device information for the particular device, selecting a predetermined device communications module that enables remote communications with the particular device; via the predetermined device communications module, identifying current energy information for the particular device; retrieving a predefined energy rule for the particular device, wherein the predefined energy rule dictates an action to be taken with respect to the particular device based on satisfaction of one or more conditions associated with the energy rule; determining whether the predefined energy rule has been satisfied for the particular device as a function of the retrieved device information or the current energy information for the particular device; and if the predefined energy rule has been satisfied for the particular device based on satisfaction of the one or more conditions associated with the energy rule, remotely executing the action mandated by the energy rule via the predetermined device communications module for the particular device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. The method of 1, wherein the particular device is IP-enabled.
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23. A method for monitoring energy characteristics of a plurality of electronic devices at one or more facilities, comprising the steps of:
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retrieving one or more preexisting asset connector modules maintained within an energy management system and capable of retrieving information from the plurality of electronic devices; for each preexisting asset connector module, remotely connecting to an asset management system responsible for managing a group of electronic devices in the plurality of electronic devices to identify those electronic devices that are managed by the respective asset management system; retrieving an inventory of electronic devices managed by the respective asset management system; for each electronic device listed in the inventory, retrieving device information corresponding to characteristics of the respective electronic device from the inventory; and generating a unique device profile based on the retrieved device information for each respective device and storing the unique device profile in a database, whereby each unique device profile enables receipt of power consumption information for each device and subsequent remote monitoring and control of each device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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