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Granted Patent B2
US 11,862,971 · App. 17/833,169 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Grid telemetry fingerprint

Inventor: Lawrence Orsini (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: LO3 Energy Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,862,971
App. No.
17/833,169
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, Systems, and Computer program products can use grid telemetry to generate a fingerprint. One of these methods includes generating a first grid telemetry fingerprint based on characteristics of an electrical grid. The method also includes verifying a transaction based on the first grid telemetry fingerprint and a second grid telemetry fingerprint associated with the transaction.

Claims (31)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a single integrated circuit processor, data representing one or more characteristics of an electrical device, wherein the one or more characteristics of the electrical device comprises one or more operational aspects of the electrical device;

generating, at the single integrated circuit processor, a first grid telemetry fingerprint based on the received one or more characteristics of the electrical device, wherein generating the first grid telemetry fingerprint comprises generating a hash of the one or more characteristics of the electrical device; and

providing, from the single integrated circuit processor, the generated first grid telemetry fingerprint to identify the electrical device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more operational aspects of the electrical device comprises at least one of voltage, a phase angle difference, or reactive power associated with the electrical device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the provided first grid telemetry fingerprint and the is compared to a second grid telemetry fingerprint.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a transaction is rejected if the first grid telemetry fingerprint and the second grid telemetry fingerprint do not match or are not within an error margin of each other.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein communications associated with the electrical device are halted if the first grid telemetry fingerprint and the second grid telemetry fingerprint do not match or are not within an error margin of each other.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the single integrated circuit processor is dedicated for operations associated with the first grid telemetry fingerprint.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising verifying a transaction based on the first grid telemetry fingerprint and a second grid telemetry fingerprint associated with the transaction.

8. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with computer program instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a single integrated circuit processor, data representing one or more characteristics of an electrical device, wherein the one or more characteristics of the electrical device comprises one or more operational aspects of the electrical device;

generating, at the single integrated circuit processor, a first grid telemetry fingerprint based on the received one or more characteristics of the electrical device, wherein generating the first grid telemetry fingerprint comprises generating a hash of the one or more characteristics of the electrical device; and

providing, from the single integrated circuit processor, the generated first grid telemetry fingerprint to identify the electrical device.

9. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the one or more operational aspects of the electrical device comprises at least one of voltage, a phase angle difference, or reactive power associated with the electrical device.

10. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the provided first grid telemetry fingerprint is compared to a second grid telemetry fingerprint.

11. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 10 , wherein a transaction is rejected if the first grid telemetry fingerprint and the second grid telemetry fingerprint do not match or are not within an error margin of each other.

12. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 10 , wherein communications associated with the electrical device are halted if the first grid telemetry fingerprint and the second grid telemetry fingerprint do not match or are not within an error margin of each other.

13. The non-transitory computer storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the single integrated circuit processor is dedicated for operations associated with the first grid telemetry fingerprint.

14. A computing device comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a single integrated circuit processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving data representing one or more characteristics of an electrical device, wherein the one or more characteristics of the electrical device comprises one or more operational aspects of the electrical device;

generating a first grid telemetry fingerprint based on the received one or more characteristics of the electrical device, wherein generating the first grid telemetry fingerprint comprises generating a hash of the one or more characteristics of the electrical device; and

providing the generated first grid telemetry fingerprint to identify the electrical device.

15. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein the one or more operational aspects of the electrical device comprises at least one of voltage, a phase angle difference, or reactive power associated with the electrical device.

16. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein the provided first grid telemetry fingerprint is compared to a second grid telemetry fingerprint.

17. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein a transaction is rejected if the first grid telemetry fingerprint and the second grid telemetry fingerprint do not match or are not within an error margin of each other.

18. The computing device of claim 16 , wherein communications associated with the electrical device are halted if the first grid telemetry fingerprint and the second grid telemetry fingerprint do not match or are not within an error margin of each other.

19. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein the single integrated circuit processor is dedicated for operations associated with the first grid telemetry fingerprint.

20. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein the provided first grid telemetry fingerprint is validated by a distributed ledger.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2023
From: LAWRENCE ORSINI
To: LO3 ENERGY INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 16998088 · Aug 20, 2020
Continuation 16108263 · Aug 22, 2018
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