US 2010/0318237 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY DEVICE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

A system for managing energy device operation is disclosed. The system includes one or more network-enabled energy devices and an energy management system comprising at least one processor. The energy management system is to establish a network connection with each energy device via a first communication network, and to query each energy device to cause the energy management system to receive first information from each energy device via the first network. The first information includes, for each energy device, a first operating mode of the energy device. The first operating mode is a current operating mode of the energy device. The energy management system is to determine, for each energy device, a second operating mode based on at least one operational rule stored in a first database. For each energy device, when the second operating mode is different than the first operating mode, energy management system is to transmit an instruction to the energy device to change the first operating mode of the device to the second operating mode.

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A system to manage energy device operation, the system comprising:

one or more network-enabled energy devices;
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an energy management system comprising at least one processor, wherein the energy management system is to:
establish a network connection with each one of the one or more energy devices via a first communication network;
query the one or more energy devices to cause the energy management system to receive first information from the one or more energy devices via the first network, the first information comprising, for each one of the one or more energy devices, a first operating mode of the energy device, wherein the first operating mode is a current operating mode of the energy device;
for each one of the one or more energy devices, determine a second operating mode based on at least one operational rule stored in a first database;
for each one of the one or more energy devices, when the second operating mode is different than the first operating mode, transmit an instruction to the energy device to change the first operating mode of the device to the second operating mode.

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A method for managing energy device operation, the method comprising:

establishing, by an energy management system comprising at least one processor, a network connection between the energy management system and one or more energy devices via a first communication network;
querying, by the energy management system, the one or more energy devices to cause the energy management system to receive first information from the one or more energy devices via the first network, the first information comprising, for each one of the one or more energy devices, a first operating mode of the energy device, wherein the first operating mode is a current operating mode of the energy device;
for each one of the one or more energy devices, determining, by the energy management system, a second operating mode based on at least one operational rule stored in a first database;
for each one of the one or more energy devices, when the second operating mode is different than the first operating mode, transmitting, by the energy management system, an instruction to the energy device to change the first operating mode of the device to the second operating mode.

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