Smartgrid energy-usage-data storage and presentation systems, devices, protocol, and processes including a storage distribution process

• US 9,002,670 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BaseN Corporation
• Original Assignee: BaseN Corporation
• Inventors: Hurri, Pasi, Neuvo, Niilo, Mikkola, Topi, Bunn, Erik, Kaakkola, Ilkka, Kivimaa, Kalle
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dinh, Lynda
• Application Number:
  US13/328,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20120158328A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: 702/62
• US Class Current: 702/62
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications
• 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 20/30 Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

This disclosure relates to systems, devices, protocols, and processes for retrieving, accessing, and presenting information of energy usage using a distributed storage process and distributed logical services to provide a user with real-time energy usage information and visualization.

Claims

1. An energy usage data storage distribution process comprising:

receiving, energy usage information data and an origination information data at a logger device;

determining to which plurality of non-volatile storage devices to distribute the received energy usage information data, based on the origination information data; and

distributing the energy usage information data to one of the plurality of each non-volatile storage devices;

wherein each non-volatile storage device is part of a respective group of non-volatile storage devices;

wherein the origination information data is established by each agent device, and is a part of an energy usage data packet, the origination information data is indicative of an energy measurement device that originated the energy usage information data; and

wherein the energy measurement device transmits the energy usage information data to a primary and a secondary data collection agent device.

2. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1, wherein receiving, the energy usage information data and an associated origination information data by the logger device occurs at a rate of at least once per minute.

3. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1, wherein receiving, the energy usage information data and an associated origination information data by the logger device occurs at a rate of twice per minute.

4. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1, wherein receiving, the energy usage information data and an associated origination information data by the logger device occurs at a rate of at least once per second.

5. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1, further comprising:

distributing the received energy usage information data from the logger device to each non-volatile storage device from the respective group of non-volatile storage devices.

6. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1, wherein the distributing is based on performing a mathematical operation on the origination information data.

7. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1,

wherein the non-volatile storage device stores the received energy usage information data in real-time within a minute from when the received energy usage information data is collected, and stores the received energy usage information data in a raw data format.

8. An energy usage data storage distribution system comprising:

a logger device including a processor, a transmitter, a receiver, an input/output device, a memory, and a module stored in the memory, the logger device is configured to;

receive energy usage information data and an origination information data;

determine to which plurality of non-volatile storage devices to distribute the received energy usage information data, based on the origination information data; and

distribute the energy usage information data to one of the plurality of each non-volatile storage devices;

wherein each non-volatile storage device is part of a respective group of non-volatile storage devices;

wherein the origination information data is established by each agent device, and is a part of an energy usage data packet, the origination information data is indicative of an energy measurement device that originated the energy usage information data; and

wherein the energy measurement device transmits the energy usage information data to a primary and a secondary data collection agent device.

9. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8, further comprising:

the energy measurement device configured to collect the energy usage information data in real-time.

10. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8, wherein the logger device is configured to receive the energy usage information data and an origination information data at a rate of at least once per minute, as the energy usage information data becomes available.

11. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8, wherein the logger device is configured to receive the energy usage information data and an origination information data at a rate of twice per minute, as the energy usage information data becomes available.

12. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8, wherein the logger device is configured to receive the energy usage information data and an origination information data at a rate of at least once per second, as the energy usage information data becomes available.

13. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8, wherein the logger device is configured to perform a mathematical operation on the origination information data when determining to which plurality of non-volatile storage devices to distribute the energy usage information data.

14. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8,

wherein the non-volatile storage device is configured to store the received energy usage information data in a raw data format.