US 2014/0277795 A1Published application

Utility portals for managing demand-response events

AssigneeNest Labs, Inc.

InventorsYoky Matsuoka, Anthony Michael Fadell, Matthew Lee Rogers, David Sloo, Scott A. McGaraghan, Samuel Ward Korz

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Abstract

Various utility portals that enable utility companies to manage demand-response events are disclosed. The disclosed utility portals include several different options for enabling utility companies to communicate information to and received information from an energy management system. The energy management system can host the portal and can carry out a demand response event via intelligent, network-connected devices based on information provided by the utility company.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A utility portal interface for use by a utility company for managing demand response events, comprising:

a customer management module operable to enable a utility operator to assign at least one parameter to each energy consumer that is enrolled to participate in a demand response program, wherein the at least one parameter associates each energy consumer with at least one of a plurality of groups;
and
a scheduling module operable to:
enable the utility operator to define at least one attribute of a future demand response event, wherein the at least one attribute comprises at least one of a date at which the future demand response event is to begin, a demand response event period, and an identity of at least one of the groups of energy consumers for potential inclusion in the future demand response event;
display information associated with at least one of the identified groups, wherein the information comprises an indication as to whether the identified group is available for inclusion in the future demand response event;
and
enable the utility operator to selectively include at least one of the available identified groups for participation in the future demand response event.

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Application: 13/866,199Filed 19 Apr 2013
Priority: 15 Mar 2013
Published: 18 Sep 2014
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Classification18 codes

G06Q 30/0202
Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data: market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities
G06F 16/955
Retrieval from the web: using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
G06Q 50/06
Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g.…:…
H04L 63/08
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for authentication of entities

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Application13/842,213Continuation in part · filed 15 Mar 2013
Application13/866,199Continuation in part
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