SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION

• US 20170108905A1
• Filed: 10/10/2016
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Advanced Digital Broadcast SA (Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings SA)
• Original Assignee: Advanced Digital Broadcast SA (Advanced Digital Broadcast Holdings SA)
• Inventors: CICHONSKI, Dariusz
• Application Number:
  US15/289,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20170108905A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00 Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00004 characterised by the power network being locally controlled
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/12 The local stationary network supplying a household or a building
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/64 The condition being economic, e.g. tariff based load management
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/14 by switching loads on to, or off from, network, e.g. progressively balanced loading
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/00 Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

A method for managing electric power consumption of at least two client devices, by a server, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of receiving (910) data from at least two external devices, regarding their operation request as well as the selected energy consumption plan of the device; based on these data, obtaining (922) a definition of the identified selected energy consumption plans of the at least two external devices; calculating (923) when a deferred program execution shall begin for each of the at least two external devices, taking into account given tariff timespan as well as respective energy consumption plans of the at least two external devices in order to achieve a substantially even power consumption by the at least two external devices within said given tariff timespan; transmitting (911) a newly set deferred run time to each of the least two external devices.

Claims

1. A method for managing electric power consumption of a client device, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of:

receiving (701) a request to start an operating program associated with an energy consumption plan comprising at least one step;

exchanging (703) data with an external device, regarding the operation request as well as the selected energy consumption plan of the device;

receiving (704) a newly set deferred run time wherein said newly set deferred run time has been set by taking into account deferred run time and an energy consumption plan of at least one other device;

awaiting till the newly set deferred run start (706); and

executing (707) said at least one step of the energy consumption plan.

2. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that said client device is an Internet of Things device.

3. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that the request to start an operating program, comprises deferred run settings.

4. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that the step of exchanging (703) and receiving (704) is executed by communicating with an energy supplier'"'"'s (131, 132) server.

5. The method according to claim 1 characterized in that the step of exchanging (703) and receiving (704) is executed by communicating with a smart meter (210).

6. A computer program comprising program code means for performing all the steps of the computer-implemented method according to claim 1 when said program is run on a computer.

7. A computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions performing all the steps of the computer-implemented method according to claim 1 when executed on a computer.

8. A method for managing electric power consumption of at least two client devices, by a server, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of:

receiving (910) data from at least two external devices, regarding their operation request as well as the selected energy consumption plan of the device;

based on these data, obtaining (922) a definition of the identified selected energy consumption plans of the at least two external devices;

calculating (923) when a deferred program execution shall begin for each of the at least two external devices, taking into account given tariff timespan as well as respective energy consumption plans of the at least two external devices in order to achieve a substantially even power consumption by the at least two external devices within said given tariff timespan;

transmitting (911) a newly set deferred run time to each of the least two external devices,

9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the step of obtaining (922) a definition of the identified selected energy consumption plans of the at least two external devices comprises transmitting a request for data from devices'"'"' manufacturer based on respective identifiers of the least two external devices and receiving requested data from the respective device'"'"'s manufacturers systems.

10. A computer program comprising program code means for performing all the steps of the computer-implemented method according to claim 8 when said program is run on a computer.

11. A computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions performing ail the steps of the computer-implemented method according to claim 8 when executed on a computer.