IP Library Granted Patent US 11,741,401
Granted Patent B2
US 11,741,401 · App. 16/457,922 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Systems and methods for enabling machine resource transactions for a fleet of machines

Inventor: Charles Howard Cella (Pembroke, MA)
Assignee: Strong Force TX Portfolio 2018, LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,741,401
App. No.
16/457,922
Filed
Jun 28, 2019
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3683
USPC
705/7.25
Abstract

The present disclosure describes transaction-enabling systems and methods. A system can include a controller and a fleet of machines each having at least one of a compute task requirement, a networking task requirement, and an energy consumption task requirement. The controller may include a resource requirement circuit structured to determine an amount of a resource for each of the machines to service at least one of the task requirements, a resource market circuit to access a resource market, and a resource distribution circuit to execute an aggregated transaction of the resource on the resource market in response to the determined amount of the resource for each of the machines.

Claims (70)

1. A transaction-enabling system, comprising:

a fleet of machines each having at least one of a compute task requirement or a networking task requirement; and

a controller, comprising:

a resource requirement circuit structured to determine an amount of a resource for each of the machines to service at least one of the compute task requirement or the networking task requirement for each corresponding machine, the resource including a compute resource and a networking resource;

a resource market circuit structured to access a resource market; and

a resource distribution circuit structured to adaptively improve, using at least one of a machine learning component, an artificial intelligence component, or a neural network component, an operating aspect of at least one of the machines in response to the determined amount of the resource for each of the machines, the adaptively improving the operating aspect of the at least one of the machines comprising:

maintaining a training set comprising feedback data indicating outcomes of previous forecasts and at least one of: facility parameters, yield, profitability, optimization of business objectives, satisfaction of users, or satisfaction of operators; and

training an artificial intelligence, including iteratively self-adjusting, based on the feedback data of the training set, a utilization of the compute resource and the networking resource for the at least one of the machines through execution of an aggregated transaction of at least one of the compute resource or the networking resource on the resource market to thereby substitute, for the at least one of the machines, utilization of one of the compute resource or the networking resource for the other of the compute resource or the networking resource,

wherein the controller is structured to, in response to the aggregated transaction, substitute, for the at least one of the machines, the utilization of the one of the compute resource or the networking resource for the other of the compute resource or the networking resource.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the resource further comprises an energy resource; and

the resource market comprises a spot market for energy.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the resource further comprises an energy credit resource; and

the resource market comprises a spot market for energy credits.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the resource further comprises a spectrum allocation resource; and

the resource market comprises a spot market for spectrum allocation.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the resource distribution circuit is further structured to adaptively improve one of an aggregate output value of the fleet of machines or a cost of operation of the fleet of machines using executed transactions on the resource market.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the artificial intelligence of the resource distribution circuit comprises the at least one of the machine learning component, the artificial intelligence component, or the neural network component.

7. The transaction-enabling system of claim 1 , wherein the operating aspect includes at least one of an output value of each of the machines, a cost of operation of each of the machines, a resource utilization of each of the machines, or a resource performance of each of the machines.

8. A method, comprising:

determining an amount of a resource, for each of machine of a fleet of machines, to service at least one of a compute task requirement or a networking task requirement for each corresponding machine, the resource including a compute resource and a networking resource;

accessing a resource market;

adaptively improving an operating aspect of at least one of the machines in response to the determined amount of the resource for each of the machines by:

maintaining a training set comprising feedback data indicating outcomes of previous forecasts and at least one of: facility parameters, yield, profitability, optimization of business objectives, satisfaction of users, or satisfaction of operators; and

training an artificial intelligence, including iteratively self-adjusting, based on the feedback data of the training set a utilization of the compute resource and the networking resource for the at least one of the machines through executing an aggregated transaction of the resource on the resource market, thereby substituting, for the at least one of the machines, utilization of one of the compute resource or the networking resource for the other of the compute resource or the networking resource; and

in response to the aggregated transaction, substituting, using a controller, the utilization of the one of the compute resource or the networking resource for the other of the compute resource or the networking resource for the at least one of the machines.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the resource further comprises an energy resource; and

the resource market comprises a spot market for energy.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the resource further comprises an energy credit resource; and

the resource market comprises a spot market for energy credits.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the resource further comprises a spectrum allocation resource; and

the resource market comprises a spot market for spectrum allocation.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising adaptively improving one of an aggregate output value of the fleet of machines or a cost of operation of the fleet of machines using executed transactions on the resource market.

13. A transaction-enabling system, comprising:

a fleet of machines each having at least one of a compute task requirement or a networking task requirement;

an external data source; and

a controller, comprising:

a resource requirement circuit structured to determine an amount of a resource for each of the machines to service at least one of the compute task requirement or the networking task requirement for each corresponding machine, the resource including a compute resource and a networking resource;

a forward market price predictor structured to predict a forward market price for the resource in response to the determined amount of the resource and the external data source;

a resource market circuit structured to access a resource market; and

a resource distribution circuit structured to adaptively improve, using at least one of a machine learning component, an artificial intelligence component, or a neural network component, an operating aspect of at least one of the machines in response to the determined amount of the resource for each of the machines and the forward market price, the adaptively improving the operating aspect of the at least one of the machines comprising:

maintaining a training set comprising feedback data indicating outcomes of previous forecasts and at least one of: facility parameters, yield, profitability, optimization of business objectives, satisfaction of users, or satisfaction of operators; and

training an artificial intelligence, including iteratively self-adjusting, based on the feedback data of the training set a utilization of the compute resource and the networking resource for the at least one of the machines through execution of a transaction of the resource on the resource market to thereby substitute, for the at least one of the machines, utilization of one of the compute resource or the networking resource for the other of the compute resource or the networking resource,

wherein the controller is structured to, in response to the transaction, substitute, for the at least one of the machines, the utilization of the one of the compute resource or the networking resource for the other of the compute resource or the networking resource.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the external data source is at least one of a social media data source; a behavioral data source; a spot market price for an energy source; or a forward market price for an energy source.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the forward market price predictor comprises at least one of an expert system, an artificial intelligence system, or a machine learning system.

16. A method, comprising:

determining an amount of a first resource, for each of machine of a fleet of machines, to service at least one of a compute task requirement or a networking task requirement for each corresponding machine, the first resource including at least one of a compute resource or a networking resource;

interpreting a number of external resources;

predicting a forward market price for the first resource in response to the determined amount of the first resource and the number of external resources;

accessing a resource market; and

adaptively improving an operating aspect of at least one of the machines in response to the predicted forward market price and the determined amount of the first resource for each of the machines by:

maintaining a training set comprising feedback data indicating outcomes of previous forecasts and at least one of: facility parameters, yield, profitability, optimization of business objectives, satisfaction of users, or satisfaction of operators; and

training an artificial intelligence, including iteratively self-adjusting, based on the feedback data of the training set, a utilization of the compute resource and the networking resource for the at least one of the machines through executing a transaction of the first resource on the resource market, thereby substituting, for the at least one of the machines, utilization of the first resource for a second resource; and

in response to the transaction, substituting the utilization of the one of the first resource or the second resource for the other of the first resource or the second resource for the at least one of the machines.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

determining that the second resource can substituted for the first resources; and

predicting a forward market price for the second resource.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising determining an operational cost change between the first and second resources.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein executing a transaction on the resource is further in response to the operational cost change between the first and second resources and the predicted forward market price for the second resource.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first resource or the second resource is at least one of an energy resource, an energy credit resource, or a spectrum allocation resource.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein the external resource is at least one of a social media data source; a behavioral data source; a spot market price for an energy source; or a forward market price for an energy source.

22. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

the first resource is one of the compute resource or the networking resource; and

the second resource is the other of the compute resource or the networking resource.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2020
From: CELLA, CHARLES HOWARD
To: STRONG FORCE TX PORTFOLIO 2018, LLC
Reel/Frame 053303/0022 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation PCTUS2019030934 · May 6, 2019
Provisional Application 62787206 · Dec 31, 2018
Provisional Application 62751713 · Oct 29, 2018
Provisional Application 62667550 · May 6, 2018
Related Publication 20190340707A1 · Nov 7, 2019
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