Messaging architecture and system for electronic management of resources
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1. A messaging architecture stored in a non-transitory storage medium for conveying information by electronic messages between a producer of a resource and a consumer of the resource, wherein the messaging architecture comprises messages, singly or in combination, having:
- a first portion representing at least one resource profile, each resource profile having an ordered collection of points wherein each point represents a coordinate pair of variables related to at least one of time, cost, and amount regarding use of the resource;
first and second identifiers representing parameters of the resource and associated with values of each coordinate pair; and
a second portion representing a function identifier that designates a context of the resource profile;
whereby the first and second portions provide enough information in the messages to effectively manage the resource.
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Abstract
A system for managing resources used by an appliance includes a messaging architecture that uses resource profiles and function identifiers that represent a meaningful context related to the resource profiles so that the production or consumption of a resource can be managed by electronic messages using the message architecture.
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1. A messaging architecture stored in a non-transitory storage medium for conveying information by electronic messages between a producer of a resource and a consumer of the resource, wherein the messaging architecture comprises messages, singly or in combination, having:
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a first portion representing at least one resource profile, each resource profile having an ordered collection of points wherein each point represents a coordinate pair of variables related to at least one of time, cost, and amount regarding use of the resource; first and second identifiers representing parameters of the resource and associated with values of each coordinate pair; and a second portion representing a function identifier that designates a context of the resource profile; whereby the first and second portions provide enough information in the messages to effectively manage the resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system to manage a resource among a producer and consumer, wherein the producer and the consumer are in two-way communication with each other through electronic messages and wherein the consumer uses the resource in a cycle of operation, the system comprising:
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a processor; a message architecture stored in a non-transitory storage medium of the producer and the consumer, coupled to the processor, wherein the messaging architecture comprises messages, singly or in combination, having a first portion representing at least one resource profile, each resource profile having at least one point of an ordered collection of points wherein each point represents a coordinate pair of variables related to at least one of time, cost, and amount regarding use of the resource; and first and second identifiers representing parameters of the resource and associated with values of each coordinate pair; a second portion representing a function identifier that designates a context of the resource profile; and a source of information about the resource, whereby the source of information can affect production by the producer or consumption by the consumer of a resource by electronic messages using the message architecture. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An appliance configured to perform a cycle of operation on a physical article, wherein the appliance uses at least some of a resource in performing the operation, the appliance comprising:
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a memory; a controller, coupled to the memory, configured to send and receive messages related to a resource, wherein the messages comprise, singly or in combination, a resource profile having at least one point of an ordered collection of points wherein each point represents a coordinate pair of variables related to at least one of time, cost, and amount regarding use of the resource; first and second identifiers representing parameters of the resource and associated with values of each coordinate pair; and a second portion representing at least one function identifier wherein the function identifier designates a context of the resource profile, whereby the appliance can participate in effective management of the resource based on the messages. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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