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Adaptive energy storage operating system for multiple economic services

  • US 9,817,376 B1
  • Filed: 05/20/2013
  • Issued: 11/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system implemented locally for managing and monitoring an energy storage system, comprising:

  • one or more processors; and

    memory, including a set of instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the system to;

    detect a physical connection to an energy storage component of the energy storage system, communicate, via a given driver among a plurality of drivers stored locally within the system external to the energy storage system, with the energy storage system, wherein the given driver is automatically selected without use of a network connection upon recognition of a type of the energy storage component from a plurality of types of energy storage components and the detection of the physical connection to the energy storage component, and wherein each driver among the plurality of drivers is programmed to enable communication between the system and an energy storage component of the energy storage system;

    access a set of libraries, wherein each library among the set of libraries, upon execution by the one or more processors, implements energy-related data transformations and energy-related data calculations using input from the energy storage system, wherein the input is provided with the aid of the given driver among the plurality of drivers that is automatically selected for the energy storage system upon a detection of a wired connection to an energy storage component of the energy storage system, which given driver is selected for the energy storage system upon detection of the type of the energy storage component from the plurality of types of energy storage components; and

    perform, by selecting an application from a plurality of applications, an energy-related function or economic-related function using input from the energy storage system that is provided with the aid of the given driver, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of applications is stored locally in the memory, wherein the system is coordinated in response to a selection of either the energy-related function or the economic-related function without requiring a network connection;

    wherein the plurality of energy storage components of the energy storage system require different controlling or communication protocols to communicate with the system.

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