Streamlined utility portals for managing demand-response events
First Claim
1. A method for authorizing a smart-home device for enrollment with a demand-response program, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a device management server that manages a plurality of smart-home devices, identifying information associated with the smart-home device, wherein it is not required that the identifying information includes a utility account number;
identifying a device user account from a plurality of device user accounts for the smart-home device on the device management server;
sending the identifying information from the device management server to an Application Program Interface (API) of a utility provider computing system with an enrollment request;
receiving, at the device management server, a determination from the API as to whether the identifying information associated with the smart-home device was matched to an existing utility account;
generating or receiving, at the device management server, a determination as to whether the smart-home device can be enrolled with the demand-response program;
based on a determination that (i) the identifying information associated with the smart-home device was matched to the existing utility account, and (ii) the smart-home device can be enrolled with the demand response program, causing terms and conditions to be sent to a user device; and
enrolling the existing utility account with the demand-response program.
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Abstract
A method for authorizing a smart-home device for enrollment with a demand-response program may include receiving, at a control server of an energy management system and for the smart-home device, identifying information for a user account. The method may also include sending the identifying information from the control server to an Application Program Interface (API) with an enrollment request. The method may additionally include receiving, at the control server, a determination from the API as to whether the identifying information for the user account was matched to an existing utility account. The method may further include based on the determination from the API, determining whether the smart-home device can be enrolled with the demand-response program.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for authorizing a smart-home device for enrollment with a demand-response program, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a device management server that manages a plurality of smart-home devices, identifying information associated with the smart-home device, wherein it is not required that the identifying information includes a utility account number; identifying a device user account from a plurality of device user accounts for the smart-home device on the device management server; sending the identifying information from the device management server to an Application Program Interface (API) of a utility provider computing system with an enrollment request; receiving, at the device management server, a determination from the API as to whether the identifying information associated with the smart-home device was matched to an existing utility account; generating or receiving, at the device management server, a determination as to whether the smart-home device can be enrolled with the demand-response program; based on a determination that (i) the identifying information associated with the smart-home device was matched to the existing utility account, and (ii) the smart-home device can be enrolled with the demand response program, causing terms and conditions to be sent to a user device; and enrolling the existing utility account with the demand-response program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A device management server of an energy management system, the device management server comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more memory devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; receiving, at a device management server that manages a plurality of smart-home devices, identifying information associated with the smart-home device, wherein it is not required that the identifying information includes a utility account number; identifying a device user account from a plurality of device user accounts for the smart-home device on the device management server; sending the identifying information from the device management server to an Application Program Interface (API) of a utility provider computing system with an enrollment request; receiving, at the device management server, a determination from the API as to whether the identifying information associated with the smart-home device was matched to an existing utility account; generating or receiving, at the device management server, a determination as to whether the smart-home device can be enrolled with the demand-response program; based on a determination that (i) the identifying information associated with the smart-home device was matched to the existing utility account, and (ii) the smart-home device can be enrolled with the demand response program, causing terms and conditions to be sent to a user device; and enrolling the existing utility account with the demand-response program. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, at a device management server that manages a plurality of smart-home devices, identifying information associated with the smart-home device, wherein it is not required that the identifying information includes a utility account number; identifying a device user account from a plurality of device user accounts for the smart-home device on the device management server; sending the identifying information from the device management server to an Application Program Interface (API) of a utility provider computing system with an enrollment request; receiving, at the device management server, a determination from the API as to whether the identifying information associated with the smart-home device was matched to an existing utility account; generating or receiving, at the device management server, a determination as to whether the smart-home device can be enrolled with the demand-response program; based on a determination that (i) the identifying information associated with the smart-home device was matched to the existing utility account, and (ii) the smart-home device can be enrolled with the demand response program, causing terms and conditions to be sent to a user device; and enrolling the existing utility account with the demand-response program. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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