System and Method for Controlling Charging For Energy Usage
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Abstract
A system for controlling charging for energy usage is provided. The system may comprise a plurality of devices powered by electricity and a management network managing energy usage consumed by the plurality of devices. Each device of the plurality of devices may include a sensing unit for measuring energy usage consumed by the device, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the measurement of the energy usage to the management network. The management network may include a receiving unit for receiving the measurement transmitted by the transmitting unit, an identification unit for identifying a device for which the received measurement has been measured, and a charging unit for controlling charging to a user of the identified device based on the received measurement.
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15. A system for controlling charging for energy usage, comprising a plurality of devices powered by electricity and a management network managing energy usage consumed by the plurality of devices, each device of the plurality of devices including:
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a sensing unit for measuring energy usage consumed by the device, a transmitting unit for transmitting the measurement of the energy usage to the management network, and an energy management unit for changing energy delivery for the device in response to a request from the management network, and the management network including; a receiving unit for receiving the measurement transmitted by the transmitting unit, an identification unit for identifying a device for which the received measurement has been measured, and a charging unit for controlling charging to a user of the identified device based on the received measurement. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A device powered by electricity, comprising:
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a sensing unit for measuring energy usage consumed by the device, a transmitting unit for transmitting the measurement of the energy usage to the management network, and an energy management unit for changing energy delivery for the device in response to a request from a management network which manages energy usage consumed by the device.
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28. A method for controlling charging for energy usage in a system comprising a plurality of devices powered by electricity and a management network managing energy usage consumed by the plurality of devices, the method comprising:
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measuring, by a sensing unit of each device, energy usage consumed by the device, transmitting, by a transmitting unit of the device, the measurement of the energy usage to the management network, changing, by an energy management unit of the device, energy delivery for the device in response to a request from the management network, receiving, by a receiving unit in the management network, the measurement transmitted by the transmitting unit, identifying, by an identification unit in the management network, a device for which the received measurement has been measured, and controlling, by a charging unit in the management network, charge to a user of the identified device based on the received measurement.
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