RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS DEMAND RESPONSE
First Claim
1. A method of residential or small and medium (SMB) business demand response (DR) coordination, the method comprising:
- receiving a DR event notification from a DR server, the DR event notification including DR event information pertaining to a DR event and curtailment information;
communicating a notification acknowledgement to the DR server, the notification acknowledgement indicating reception of the DR event notification;
displaying a curtailment request pertaining to the DR event, the curtailment request being based on the curtailment information included in the DR event notification and including some portion of the DR event information;
receiving a user input including a DR event participation confirmation or a DR event participation refusal; and
communicating a participation signal representative of at least a portion of the user input to the DR server.
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Abstract
A method of residential or small and medium business (SMB) demand response (DR) coordination may include receiving a DR event notification from a DR server. The DR event notification may include DR event information pertaining to a DR event and curtailment information. The method may also include communicating a notification acknowledgement to the DR server. The notification acknowledgement may indicate reception of the DR event notification. The method may include displaying a curtailment request pertaining to the DR event. The curtailment request may be based on the curtailment information included in the DR event notification and may include some portion of the DR event information. The method may also include receiving a user input including a DR event participation confirmation or a DR event participation refusal. The method may further include communicating a participation signal representative of at least a portion of the user input to the DR server.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of residential or small and medium (SMB) business demand response (DR) coordination, the method comprising:
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receiving a DR event notification from a DR server, the DR event notification including DR event information pertaining to a DR event and curtailment information; communicating a notification acknowledgement to the DR server, the notification acknowledgement indicating reception of the DR event notification; displaying a curtailment request pertaining to the DR event, the curtailment request being based on the curtailment information included in the DR event notification and including some portion of the DR event information; receiving a user input including a DR event participation confirmation or a DR event participation refusal; and communicating a participation signal representative of at least a portion of the user input to the DR server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of residential or small and medium (SMB) business demand response (DR) coordination, a method comprising:
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communicating a DR event notification to a device, the DR event notification including DR event information pertaining to a DR event and curtailment information; receiving a notification acknowledgement from the device, the notification acknowledgement indicating reception of the DR event notification; receiving a participation signal from the device, the participation signal being representative of at least a portion of user input, the user input including a DR event participation confirmation or a DR event participation refusal; and based at least partially on the participation signal and the notification acknowledgement, estimating energy curtailment for the DR event. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded therein programming code executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a DR event notification from a DR server, the DR event notification including DR event information pertaining to a DR event and curtailment information; communicating a notification acknowledgement to the DR server, the notification acknowledgement indicating reception of the DR event notification; displaying a curtailment request pertaining to the DR event, the curtailment request being based on the curtailment information included in the DR event notification and including some portion of the DR event information; receiving a user input including a DR event participation confirmation or a DR event participation refusal; and communicating a participation signal representative of at least a portion of the user input to the DR server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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