RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

• US 20130262654A1
• Filed: 03/28/2012
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Masli, Hans, Lee, Chuen-Chien, Berestov, Alexander, Okuda, Tomofumi, Saltzman, Jeremy
• Application Number:
  US13/432,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20130262654A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

A method for operating a resource management system includes: identifying a total-usage status of a resource currently being supplied; calculating a current production amount of supplying the resource using the total-usage status; calculating an assessment structure directly reflecting the current production amount; adjusting the assessment structure for modifying behavior associated with the current consumption of the resource.

Claims

1. A method for operating a resource management system comprising:

identifying a total-usage status of a resource currently being supplied;

calculating a current production amount of supplying the resource using the total-usage status;

calculating an assessment structure directly reflecting the current production amount; and

adjusting the assessment structure for modifying behavior associated with the current consumption of the resource.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a client-usage status of the resource;

calculating a client-optimization model using the client-usage status; and

adjusting the assessment structure to converge the client-usage status toward the client-optimization model.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

calculating a total-optimization model; and

adjusting the assessment structure to converge the total-usage status toward the total-optimization model.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

determining a client-usage forecast using a sensor network; and

wherein calculating the assessment structure includes;

calculating the assessment structure using the client-usage forecast.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

determining a total-usage forecast; and

adjusting the assessment structure using the total-usage forecast.

6. A method of operating a resource management system comprising:

identifying a client-usage status of a resource currently being consumed using a sensor network;

identifying a total-usage status of the resource currently being supplied;

calculating a current production amount of supplying the resource using the total-usage status;

calculating an assessment structure directly reflecting the current production amount; and

controlling the current consumption of the resource using the assessment structure and the client-usage status.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

calculating a client-optimization model using the assessment structure; and

wherein controlling the consumption includes;

controlling the consumption of the resource to have the client-usage status converge toward the client-optimization model.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

calculating a total-optimization model using the assessment structure; and

wherein controlling the consumption includes;

controlling the current consumption of the resource to have the total-usage status converge toward the total-optimization model.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein calculating the assessment structure includes calculating an incentive using the sensor network.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 rein calculating the assessment structure includes calculating a behavioral stimulus using the sensor network.

11. A resource management system comprising:

a current-total module for identifying a total-usage status of a resource currently being supplied;

a current-cost module, coupled to the current-total module, for calculating a current production amount of supplying the resource using the total-usage status;

a cost reflection module, coupled to the current-cost module, for calculating an assessment structure directly reflecting the current production amount; and

a demand management module, coupled to the current-cost module, adjusting the assessment structure for modifying behavior associated with the current consumption of the resource.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a current-consumer module, coupled to the current-total module, for identifying a client-usage status of the resource;

a consumer-optimization module, coupled to the cost reflection module, for calculating a client-optimization model using the client-usage status; and

wherein;

the demand management module is for adjusting the assessment structure to converge the client-usage status toward the client-optimization model.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a provider-optimization module, coupled to the cost reflection module, for calculating a total-optimization model; and

wherein;

the demand management module is for adjusting the assessment structure to converge the total-usage status toward the total-optimization model.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a consumer forecast module, coupled to the current-consumer module, for determining a client-usage forecast using a sensor network; and

wherein;

the cost reflection module is for calculating the assessment structure using the client-usage forecast.

15. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a total forecast module, coupled to the current-consumer module, for determining a total-usage forecast; and

wherein;

the cost reflection module is for adjusting the assessment structure using the total-usage forecast.

16. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a current-consumer module, coupled to the current-total module, for identifying a client-usage status of a resource currently being consumed using a sensor network; and

an implementation module, coupled to the cost reflection module, for controlling the current consumption of the resource using the assessment structure and the client-usage status.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

a consumer-optimization module, coupled to the cost reflection module, for calculating a client-optimization model using the assessment structure; and

wherein;

the implementation module is for controlling the consumption of the resource to have the client-usage status converge toward the client-optimization model.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising:

a provider-optimization module, coupled to the cost reflection module, for calculating a total-optimization model using the assessment structure;

wherein;

the implementation module is for controlling the current consumption of the resource to have the total-usage status converge toward the total-optimization model.

19. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising a demand management module, coupled to the current-cost module, for calculating an incentive using the sensor network.

20. The system as claimed in claim 16 further comprising a demand management module, coupled to the current-cost module, for calculating a behavioral stimulus using the sensor network.