Smartgrid energy-usage-data storage and presentation systems, devices, protocol, and processes including a storage distribution process and protocol
This disclosure relates to systems, devices, protocols, and processes for retrieving, accessing, and presenting information of energy usage using a distributed storage process and distributed logical services to provide a user with real-time energy usage information and visualization.
1. A real-time energy usage data storage distribution process comprising:
receiving incoming energy usage information data and an origination information data at a logger device, the origination information data indicative of a particular sensor device from which the incoming energy usage information data was received;
determining to which plurality of non-volatile storage devices, each non-volatile storage device from a respective group of non-volatile storage devices, to distribute and store the energy usage information data, based on the origination information data;
wherein the logger device executes a determination of where to store the incoming energy usage information data by performing a spreading algorithm on the origination information data, the spreading algorithm performs a modulus operation which is a calculation performed on the origination information data resulting in a remainder used to determine to which non-volatile storage device from the respective group of non-volatile storage devices the incoming energy usage information data is to be distributed and stored;
wherein the received incoming energy usage information data is received from a plurality of agent devices; and
wherein the received incoming energy usage information data is an energy usage data packet including origination information, timestamp, and energy usage information.
2. The real-time energy usage data storage distribution process of claim 1 , wherein the received incoming energy usage information data is an aggregate energy usage data packet.
3. The real-time energy usage data storage distribution process of claim 1 , wherein the received energy usage data packet is an aggregate energy usage data packet including origination information and a plurality of a timestamp and energy usage information.
4. The real-time energy usage data storage distribution process of claim 1 , wherein the energy usage data packet further includes an origination identifier;
wherein the origination identifier includes origination information and ownership information.
5. A logger device comprising:
a processor,
a transmitter;
a receiver;
an I/O device;
a memory;
a module stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor to:
receiving incoming energy usage information data and an associated origination information data indicative of a particular sensor device from which the incoming energy usage information data was received at the logger device;
determining to which plurality of non-volatile storage devices, each non-volatile storage device from a respective group of non-volatile storage devices, to distribute and store the incoming energy usage information data, based on the associated origination information data;
wherein the logger device executes a determination of where to store the incoming energy usage information data by performing a spreading algorithm on the origination information data, the spreading algorithm performs a modulus operation which is a calculation performed on the origination information data resulting in a remainder used to determine to which non-volatile storage device from the respective group of non-volatile storage devices the incoming energy usage information data is to be distributed and stored;
wherein the received incoming energy usage information data is received from a plurality of agent devices; and
wherein the received incoming energy usage information data is an energy usage data packet including origination information, timestamp, and energy usage information.
6. The logger device of claim 5 , wherein the received incoming energy usage information data is an aggregate energy usage data packet.
7. The logger device of claim 5 , wherein the received energy usage data packet is an aggregate energy usage data packet including origination information and a plurality of a timestamp and energy usage information.
8. The logger device of claim 5 , wherein the energy usage data packet further includes an origination identifier;
wherein the origination identifier includes origination information and ownership information.