Power management and priority charging assignments
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1. A method of managing power consumption of a plurality of devices, comprising:
- receiving scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities from an electronic calendar of one or more of a plurality of devices connected in a network;
centrally managing power consumption and priority charging assignments of a device of the plurality of devices in the network based on the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities;
updating the electronic calendar of the one or more of the plurality of devices with power availability of one or more power appliances at a location of the one or more of the plurality of devices when the one or more power appliances are available at the location of the one or more of the plurality of devices; and
rescheduling the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities to another location that meets predetermined power requirements in response to the predetermined power requirements exceeding the power availability of the one or more power appliances at the location of the one or more of the plurality of devices,wherein the centrally managed power consumption comprises charging essential devices when energy usage costs are at their highest point during a time of day,the essential devices have a higher weighting factor than other devices of the plurality of devices, andcharging batteries of the plurality of devices when energy usage costs are at their lowest point during the time of the day.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for managing power to devices in a network, using a centralized power allocation controller. The method of managing power consumption of a plurality of devices includes receiving scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities from one or more of a plurality of devices connected in a network. The method further includes centrally managing power consumption of a device of the plurality of devices in the network based on the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities.
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1. A method of managing power consumption of a plurality of devices, comprising:
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receiving scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities from an electronic calendar of one or more of a plurality of devices connected in a network; centrally managing power consumption and priority charging assignments of a device of the plurality of devices in the network based on the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities; updating the electronic calendar of the one or more of the plurality of devices with power availability of one or more power appliances at a location of the one or more of the plurality of devices when the one or more power appliances are available at the location of the one or more of the plurality of devices; and rescheduling the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities to another location that meets predetermined power requirements in response to the predetermined power requirements exceeding the power availability of the one or more power appliances at the location of the one or more of the plurality of devices, wherein the centrally managed power consumption comprises charging essential devices when energy usage costs are at their highest point during a time of day, the essential devices have a higher weighting factor than other devices of the plurality of devices, and charging batteries of the plurality of devices when energy usage costs are at their lowest point during the time of the day. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 21. A system of delivering power to devices comprising a central power allocation controller comprising at least hardware and software components, the central power allocation controller receiving calendar information from an electronic calendar of one or more devices in a network and, based on the received calendar information, remotely managing power consumption and priority charging assignments of the one or more devices in the network, charging essential devices when energy usage costs are at their highest point during a time of day, the essential devices having a higher weighting factor than other devices of the one or more devices, charging batteries of the one or more devices when energy usage costs are at their lowest point during the time of the day, updating the electronic calendar of the one or more devices with power availability of one or more power appliances at a location of the one or more devices when the one or more power appliances are available at the location of the one or more devices, and rescheduling scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities to another location that meets predetermined power requirements in response to the predetermined power requirements exceeding the power availability of the one or more power appliances at the location of the one or more devices.
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31. A computer system for managing power consumption in a network, the system comprising:
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a processor, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media; first program instructions to receive scheduled calendar events and/or activities an electronic calendar of a plurality of devices on a network; second program instructions to manage power settings and priority charging assignments of the one or more devices based on the scheduled calendar events and/or activities; third program instructions to associate priorities and weighting factors to rules associated with the scheduled calendar events and/or activities; and fourth program instructions to charge essential devices when energy usage costs are at their highest point during a time of day; fifth program instructions to charge batteries of the plurality of devices when energy usage costs are at their lowest point during the time of day; sixth program instructions to update the electronic calendar of the plurality of devices with power availability of one or more power appliances at a location of the plurality of devices when the one or more power appliances are available at the location of the plurality of devices; and seventh program instructions to reschedule the scheduled calendar events and/or activities to another location that meets predetermined power requirements in response to the predetermined power requirements exceeding the power availability of the one or more power appliances at the location of the plurality of devices, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the processor via the computer readable memory, and the essential devices have a higher weighting factor than other devices of the plurality of devices. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A computer program product for managing power in a network, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage media; first program instructions to receive scheduled calendar events and/or activities from an electronic calendar of a plurality of devices on a network; second program instructions to manage power settings and priority charging assignments of the one or more devices based on the scheduled calendar events and/or activities; third program instructions to charge essential devices when energy usage costs are at their highest point during a time of day; fourth program instructions to charge batteries of the plurality of devices when energy usage costs are at their lowest point during the time of the day; fifth program instructions to update the electronic calendar of the plurality of devices with power availability of one or more power appliances at a location of the plurality of devices when the one or more power appliances are available at the location of the plurality of devices; and sixth program instructions to reschedule the scheduled calendar events and/or activities to another location that meets predetermined power requirements in response to the predetermined power requirements exceeding the power availability of the one or more power appliances at the location of the plurality of devices, wherein the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage media, and the essential devices have a higher weighting factor than other devices of the plurality of devices. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. A method for deploying a system of delivering a power supply to a plurality of portable computing devices, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure operable to; receive scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities from an electronic calendar of one or more devices connected in a network; manage power consumption and priority charging assignments of the one or more devices in the network based on the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities; update the electronic calendar of the one or more devices with power availability of one or more power appliances at a location of the one or more devices when the one or more power appliances are available at the location of the one or more devices; and reschedule the scheduled upcoming calendar events and/or activities to another location that meets predetermined power requirements in response to the predetermined power requirements exceeding the power availability of the one or more power appliances at the location of the one or more devices. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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