System and method for energy and green-house gas inventory management
OwnerSusann B. Nordruminventor
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Abstract
The invention includes a method for energy usage and green-house gas inventory management including: entering input data and input source descriptions for the input from green-house-gas-producing processes at a field site into a computer-readable file; passing the input data to a green-house-gas calculating module; outputting green-house-gas emissions based on the input data; passing the input, input source descriptions, and the output over a network to an output integration program; integrating the output with a plurality of other output from at least one other field sites; mapping the integrated output into a relational database schema; and storing the mapped integrated output in a relational database.
Claims26
A method for energy and green-house gas inventory management comprising:
- (a) entering input data and input source descriptions for the input from green-house-gas-producing processes at a field site into a computer-readable file;
- (b) passing the input data to a green-house-gas calculating module;
- (c) outputting green-house-gas emissions based on the input data;
- (d) passing the input, input source descriptions, and the output over a network to an output integration program;
- (e) integrating the output with a plurality of other output from a plurality of other field sites;
- (f) mapping the integrated output into a relational database schema;
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- (g) storing the mapped integrated output in a relational database.
A data processing apparatus for maintaining an inventory of green-house gas emissions, comprising:
- (a) a CPU;
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- (b) a memory operatively connected to the CPU, the memory containing a program adapted to be executed by the CPU and the CPU and memory cooperatively adapted to:
- (1) displaying a form for inputting data and input source descriptions for the input from green-house-gas-producing processes at a field site into a computer-readable file;
- (2) passing the input data to a green-house-gas calculating module;
- (3) calculating green-house-gas emissions based on the input data;
- (4) passing the input, input source descriptions, and the output over a network to an output integration program;
- (5) integrating the output with a plurality of other output from a plurality of other field sites;
- (6) mapping the integrated output into a relational database schema;
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- (7) storing the mapped integrated output in a relational database.
A computer program embodied on at least one computer-readable medium, the computer program for maintaining an inventory of energy usage and green-house gas emissions, comprising:
- (a) a code segment configured and adapted for displaying a form for inputting data and input source descriptions for the input from green-house-gas-producing processes at a field site into a computer-readable file;
- (b) a code segment configured and adapted for passing the input data to a green-house-gas calculating module;
- (c) a code segment configured and adapted for calculating green-house-gas emissions based on the input data;
- (d) a code segment configured and adapted for passing the input, input source descriptions, and the output over a network to an output integration program;
- (e) a code segment configured and adapted for integrating the output with a plurality of other output from a plurality of other field sites;
- (f) a code segment configured and adapted for mapping the integrated output into a relational database schema;
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- (g) a code segment configured and adapted for storing the mapped integrated output in a relational database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.