# US 2013/0158972 A1 · Automated Recovery System Verification > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0158972 A1 - Document ID: US20130158972A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/325,686 - Filed: 2011-12-14 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14 - Assignees: Southern Company Services, Inc. - Inventors: Malcolm Linn Fry, JR. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130158972A1 ## CPC - G06F 30/33: Design verification, e.g. functional simulation or model checking - G06F 2111/02: CAD in a network environment, e.g. collaborative CAD or distributed simulation - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Disclosed are various embodiments for simulating distribution electric circuit models containing simulated software intelligent electronic devices. The distribution circuit and intelligent electronic simulator application facilitates the creation of user created software intelligent electronic devices. The software intelligent electronic devices imitate the operation of actual intelligent electronic devices on a power line. Communication between the software intelligent electronic devices and the automated recovery system can be captured using the distribution circuit and intelligent electronic device simulator application. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device, the program comprising: code that receives an input from the client, wherein the input causes a simulator application to enter a first mode or a second mode; code that facilitates creation of a plurality of circuit models when the simulator application enters the first mode, wherein each circuit model is representative of an electrical circuit; code that facilitates simulation of the circuit models, each of the circuit models comprising: at least one source object; at least one load object; at least one horizontal line segment; at least one vertical line segment; and at least one user-created software intelligent electronic device, wherein the user-created software intelligent electronic device further comprises a plurality of status points corresponding to a plurality of operational modes associated with a hardware intelligent electronic device; code that stores the circuit models; code that receives at least one distributed network protocol message from an automated recovery system when the simulator application enters a second mode; code that transmits at least one poll response to the automated recovery system in response to the at least one distributed protocol message; code that publishes a real time communications trace between the automated recovery system and the at least one user-created software intelligent electronic device; and code that facilitates a user manipulation of at least one status point. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising code that disables communication between the at least one user-created software intelligent electronic device and the automated recovery system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising code that suspends a publication of the real time communications trace. ### Claim 4 A system, comprising: at least one computing device; and a simulator application executable in the at least one computing device, the simulator application comprising: logic that receives an input from the client, wherein the input causes the simulator application to enter a first mode or a second mode; logic that facilitates creation of a plurality of circuit models when the simulator application enters the first mode, wherein each circuit model is representative of an electrical circuit; logic that facilitates the simulation of the circuit models, each of the circuit models comprising: at least one source object; at least one load object; at least one horizontal line segment; at least one vertical line segment; and at least one user-created software intelligent electronic device, wherein the user-created software intelligent electronic device further comprises a plurality of status points corresponding to a plurality of operational modes associated with a hardware intelligent electronic device; logic that receives at least one distributed network protocol message from an automated recovery when the simulator application enters a second mode; logic that transmits at least one poll response to the automated recovery system in response to the distributed network protocol message; logic that publishes a real time communications trace between the automated recovery system and the at least one user created software intelligent electronic device; and logic that facilitates a user manipulation of at least one status point. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the distributed network protocol message corresponds to a distributed network protocol poll request. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the distributed network protocol messages corresponds to a distributed network protocol command message. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, further comprising logic that stores information relating to the circuit models. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, further comprising logic that retrieves information relating to the circuit models. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, further comprising logic that disables communication between the at least one user-created software intelligent electronic device and the automated recovery system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, further comprising logic that publishes a real time communications trace between the automated recovery system and the at least one user-created software intelligent electronic device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising logic that suspends a publication of the real time communications trace. ### Claim 12 A method, comprising the steps of: receiving, in the at least one computing device, an input from that client, wherein the input causes a simulator application to enter a first mode or a second mode; facilitating, in the at least one computing device, creation of a plurality of circuit models when the simulator application enters the first mode, wherein each circuit model is representative of an electrical circuit; facilitating, in the at least one computing device, simulation of the circuit models, each of the circuit models comprising: at least one source object; at least one load object; at least one horizontal line segment; at least one vertical line segment; and at least one user-created software intelligent electronic device; wherein the user-created software intelligent electronic device further comprises a plurality of status points corresponding to a plurality of operational modes associated with a hardware intelligent electronic device communicating, in the at least one computing device, at least one distributed network protocol message from the automated recovery system to the simulator application when the simulator application enters a second mode; communicating, in the at least one computing device, at least one poll response from the simulator application to the automated recovery system; and generating, in the at least one computing device, at least one change to at least one user created software intelligent electronic device in response to the distributed network protocol message. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of facilitating, in the at least one computing device, a user manipulation of at least one status point. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of storing, in the at least one computing device, information relating to the at least one circuit model. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of retrieving, in the at least one computing device, information relating to the at least one circuit model. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of storing, in the at least one computing device, information relating to the at least one circuit model. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of retrieving, in the at least one computing device, information relating to the at least one circuit model. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of disabling, in the at least one computing device, communication between the at least one user created software intelligent electronic device and the automated recovery system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of publishing, in the at least one computing device, a real time communications trace between the automated recovery system and the at least one user created software intelligent device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising the step of suspending, in the at least one computing device, a publication of the real time communications trace.