Internet of things (IoT) based gas pricing
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to the field of Internet of Things (IoT), and provides a gas pricing method based on a compound IoT and an IoT system. The method is applied to the system. The system includes a user platform, a service platform, a plurality of management sub-platforms, a sensor network platform and a plurality of object sub-platforms; and each of the object sub-platforms includes a gas meter. According to the gas pricing method based on the compound IoT and the IoT system, a user can sense the benefit of gas saving directly from a fee, thereby helping push a gas-saving social morality.
1. A gas pricing method based on a compound Internet of Things (IoT), wherein the method is applied to an IoT system; the IoT system comprises a user platform, a service platform, a plurality of management sub-platforms, a sensor network platform and a plurality of object sub-platforms; each of the object sub-platforms comprises a gas meter, wherein each of the user platform, the service platform, the sensor network platform, and the plurality of management sub-platforms includes one or more computer devices, wherein the one or more computer devices are communicatively connected to each other and to the gas meter, and wherein the plurality of object sub-platforms are communicatively connected with the plurality of management sub-platforms via the sensor network platform; and the method comprises:
generating and sending at a preset frequency, by each of the object sub-platforms, gas data of a corresponding gas meter to a corresponding management sub-platform via the sensor network platform;
calculating, by each of the management sub-platforms, a month-on-month reduction rate for a gas usage amount of each gas meter within a preset time interval according to gas data of each gas meter, and sending the calculated month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter to the service platform;
sorting, by the service platform, the month-on-month reduction rate respectively sent by the plurality of management sub-platforms for the gas usage amount of each gas meter, and calculating a gas fee of each gas meter according to the sorted month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter; and
sending, by the service platform, the sorted month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter and the gas fee of each gas meter to the user platform,
wherein the calculating a gas fee of each gas meter according to the sorted month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter further comprises:
calculating the gas fee of each gas meter according to a preset pricing rule; and
reducing, according to a preset reduction rule, a preset portion of gas fees of gas meters of which the ranks of month-on-month reduction rates are located in a preset ranking interval,
wherein each of the management sub-platforms calculates the month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter based on gas data of a gas meter in the current month, and average gas data of the gas meter in previous several months of the current month,
wherein each of the management sub-platforms calculates the month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter in terms of a following formula:
θ
=
y
-
x
y
where, the θ is the month-on-month reduction rate, the x is the gas data of a gas meter in the current month, and the y is the average gas data of the gas meter in previous several months of the current month.
2. The gas pricing method of claim 1 , wherein the reducing the preset portion of gas fees includes reducing by 10% respectively for gas fees of gas meters of which the month-on-month reduction rates rank top 10%.
3. The gas pricing method based on the compound IoT according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
displaying, by the user platform, sorted month-on-month reduction rates for gas usage amounts of gas meters and corresponding gas fees.
4. An Internet of Things (IoT) system, wherein the IoT system comprises a user platform, a service platform, a plurality of management sub-platforms, a sensor network platform and a plurality of object sub-platforms; the plurality of object sub-platforms are communicatively connected with the plurality of management sub-platforms via the sensor network platform; the plurality of management sub-platforms are communicatively connected with the service platform; the service platform is communicatively connected with the user platform; and each of the object sub-platforms comprises a gas meter, wherein each of the user platform, the service platform, and the sensor network platform, and the plurality of management sub-platforms includes one or more computer devices, wherein the one or more computer devices are communicatively connected to each other and to the gas meter, and wherein the plurality of object sub-platforms are communicatively connected with the plurality of management sub-platforms via the sensor network platform;
each of the object sub-platforms is configured to generate and send gas data of a corresponding gas meter to a corresponding management sub-platform via the sensor network platform at a preset frequency;
each of the management sub-platforms is configured to calculate a month-on-month reduction rate for a gas usage amount of each gas meter within a preset time interval according to gas data of each gas meter, and send the calculated month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter to the service platform; and
the service platform is configured to sort the month-on-month reduction rate respectively sent by the plurality of management sub-platforms for the gas usage amount of each gas meter, calculate a gas fee of each gas meter according to the sorted month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter, and send the sorted month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter and the gas fee of each gas meter to the user platform,
wherein each of the management sub-platforms is configured to calculate the gas fee of each gas meter according to a preset pricing rule; and reduce, according to a preset reduction rule, a preset portion of gas fees of gas meters of which the ranks of month-on-month reduction rates are located in a preset ranking interval,
wherein each of the management sub-platforms calculates the month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter based on gas data of a gas meter in the current month, and average gas data of the gas meter in previous several months of the current month, and
wherein each of the management sub-platforms calculates the month-on-month reduction rate for the gas usage amount of each gas meter in terms of a following formula:
θ
=
y
-
x
y
where, the θ is the month-on-month reduction rate, the x is the gas data of a gas meter in the current month, and the y is the average gas data of the gas meter in previous several months of the current month.
5. The IoT system according to claim 4 , wherein the service platform is configured to reduce by 10% respectively for gas fees of gas meters of which the month-on-month reduction rates rank top 10%.
6. The IoT system according to claim 4 , wherein the user platform is configured to display sorted month-on-month reduction rates for gas usage amounts of gas meters and corresponding gas fees.