# US 12,118,628 B2 · Exergy token > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,118,628 B2 - Document ID: US12118628B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/667,117 - Filed: 2022-02-08 - Published: 2022-07-28 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-14 - Assignees: LO3 Energy Inc. - Applicants: LO3 Energy Inc. - Inventors: Lawrence Orsini - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12118628B2 ## CPC - G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply - G05B 15/02: electric - G05B 19/042: using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) - G06Q 20/389: {Keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction} - G06Q 30/06: Buying, selling or leasing transactions - G06Q 40/04: Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange - H02J 3/004: {Generation forecast, e.g. methods or systems for forecasting future energy generation} - H02J 3/008: Circuit arrangements for power supply or distribution technologies responsive to energy trading - H02J 3/322: {the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging} - H02J 3/381: {Dispersed generators} - H02J 13/13: characterised by the transmission of data to equipment in the power network - H02J 13/333: the equipment forming part of substations - G05B 2219/2639: Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low - H02J 13/00: Circuit arrangements for providing remote monitoring or remote control of equipment in a power distribution network - H02J 2103/30: Simulating, planning, modelling, reliability check or computer assisted design [CAD] of electric power networks - Y02E 60/00: Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation - Y02P 80/10: Efficient use of energy, e.g. using compressed air or pressurized fluid as energy carrier - Y04S 40/12: characterised by data transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated electrical equipment - Y04S 40/20: Information technology specific aspects, e.g. CAD, simulation, modelling, system security - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract A method for the management of energy data includes methods, systems and computer program products. One of the methods includes receiving, by a self-executing contract, settlement information from at least two nodes in a network, the network comprising a plurality of nodes, each node in the plurality of nodes may maintain at least a predetermined number of tokens, each token representing a value. The method includes validating a current state of a public ledger. The method includes generating fulfillment information based on the received settlement information. The method also includes contributing to an updated state of the public ledger using the fulfillment information; wherein each token is associated with a payload describing the production, consumption, management, storage or transmission of electricity. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method for managing electrical energy transactions over a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor located at a source node of the network, wherein the network comprises at least the source node and a destination node, an indication that the source node has generated a quantity of energy, wherein the source node generates electrical energy and the destination node consumes electrical energy or stores electrical energy, wherein the indication comprises an identifier of the source node and the quantity of generated energy; based on the received indication, generating, by the processor, a token representing the quantity of generated energy and representing an energy characteristic of the quantity of generated energy; receiving from the destination node, by the processor, a request to transmit a quantity of requested energy to the destination node; identifying, by the processor, a location of the destination node and a distance between the source node and the destination node; recording, by the processor, to a public ledger of a blockchain, information of a transaction between the source node and the destination node associated with the quantity of requested energy and information relating to the generated token; and initiating transmission of, at the source node, the quantity of requested energy from the source node to the destination node based on the generated token and the received request. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising estimating, using a loss calculation, an energy loss that the quantity of requested energy is estimated to experience along an electrical routing path from the source node to the destination node by estimating losses associated with voltage conversion losses experienced along the electrical routing path. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein estimating the energy loss comprises estimating energy loss associated with one or more electrical transformers of the electrical routing path. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the energy characteristic represents the energy generation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the energy characteristic of the token comprises information of a time related to the generation of the quantity of generated energy. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising prioritizing the transaction of the source node to the destination node over requests for the quantity of requested energy from other nodes of the network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the energy characteristic of the token comprises information of a physical process related to the generation of the quantity of generated energy. ### Claim 8 A system for managing electrical energy transactions over a network, the system comprising: a processor located at a source node of the network, wherein the network comprises at least the source node and a destination node; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving an indication that the source node has generated a quantity of energy, wherein the source node generates electrical energy and the destination node consumes electrical energy or stores electrical energy, wherein the indication comprises an identifier of the source node and the quantity of generated energy; based on the received indication, generating a token representing the quantity of generated energy and representing an energy characteristic of the quantity of generated energy; receiving from the destination node, a request to transmit a quantity of requested energy to the destination node; identifying a location of the destination node and a distance between the source node and the destination node; recording to a public ledger of a blockchain, information of a transaction between the source node and the destination node associated with the quantity of requested energy and information relating to the generated token; and initiating transmission of the quantity of requested energy from the source node to the destination node based on the generated token and the received request. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, further comprising estimating, using a loss calculation, an energy loss that the quantity of requested energy is estimated to experience along an electrical routing path from the source node to the destination node by estimating energy loss associated with voltage conversion losses experienced along the electrical routing path. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein estimating the energy loss comprises estimating energy loss associated with one or more electrical transformers of the electrical routing path. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the energy characteristic represents energy generation. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, further comprising prioritizing the transaction of the source node to the destination node over requests for the quantity of requested energy from other nodes of the network. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the indication from the source node comprises information of a physical process that generated the generated energy. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor located at a source node of a network manage electrical energy transactions over the network, wherein the network comprises at least the source node and a destination node, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving an indication that the source node has generated a quantity of energy, wherein the source node generates electrical energy and the destination node consumes electrical energy or stores electrical energy, wherein the indication comprises an identifier of the source node and the quantity of generated energy; based on the received indication, generating a token representing the quantity of generated energy and representing an energy characteristic of the quantity of generated energy; receiving from the destination node, a request to transmit a quantity of requested energy to the destination node; identifying a location of the destination node and a distance between the source node and the destination node; recording to a public ledger of a blockchain, information of a transaction between the source node and the destination node associated of the quantity of requested energy and information relating to the generated token; and initiating transmission of the quantity of requested energy from the source node to the destination node based on the generated token and the received request. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, further comprising estimating, using a loss calculation, an energy loss that the quantity of requested energy is estimated to experience along an electrical routing path from the source node to the destination node by estimating energy loss associated with voltage conversion losses experienced along the electrical routing path. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein estimating the energy loss comprises estimating energy loss associated with one or more electrical transformers of the electrical routing path. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the energy characteristic represents energy generation. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, comprising prioritizing the transaction of the source node to the destination node over requests for the quantity of requested energy from other nodes of the network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the indication from the source node comprises information of a physical process that generated the generated energy. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the token comprises information relating to the source node.