IP Library Granted Patent US 9,002,670
Granted Patent B2
US 9,002,670 · App. 13/328,963 · Granted Apr 7, 2015

Smartgrid energy-usage-data storage and presentation systems, devices, protocol, and processes including a storage distribution process

Inventors: Pasi Hurri (Degerby, FI); Niilo Neuvo (Espoo, FI); Topi Mikkola (Vantaa, FI); Erik Bunn (Basel, CH); Ilkka Kaakkola (Helsinki, FI); Kalle Kivimaa (Vantaa, FI)
Assignee: Basen Corporation
G06Q50/06Y04S20/30Y04S20/18G06Q50/10Y04S10/60
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Patent No.
US 9,002,670
App. No.
13/328,963
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (27)

1. An energy usage data storage distribution process comprising:

receiving, energy usage information data and an origination information data at a logger device;

determining to which plurality of non-volatile storage devices to distribute the received energy usage information data, based on the origination information data; and

distributing the energy usage information data to one of the plurality of each non-volatile storage devices; wherein each non-volatile storage device is part of a respective group of non-volatile storage devices;

wherein the origination information data is established by each agent device, and is a part of an energy usage data packet, the origination information data is indicative of an energy measurement device that originated the energy usage information data; and

wherein the energy measurement device transmits the energy usage information data to a primary and a secondary data collection agent device.

2. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1 , wherein receiving, the energy usage information data and an associated origination information data by the logger device occurs at a rate of at least once per minute.

3. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1 , wherein receiving, the energy usage information data and an associated origination information data by the logger device occurs at a rate of twice per minute.

4. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1 , wherein receiving, the energy usage information data and an associated origination information data by the logger device occurs at a rate of at least once per second.

5. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1 , further comprising: distributing the received energy usage information data from the logger device to each non-volatile storage device from the respective group of non-volatile storage devices.

6. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1 , wherein the distributing is based on performing a mathematical operation on the origination information data.

7. The energy usage data storage distribution process according to claim 1 ,

wherein the non-volatile storage device stores the received energy usage information data in real-time within a minute from when the received energy usage information data is collected, and stores the received energy usage information data in a raw data format.

8. An energy usage data storage distribution system comprising: a logger device including a processor, a transmitter, a receiver, an input/output device, a memory, and a module stored in the memory, the logger device is configured to:

receive energy usage information data and an origination information data;

determine to which plurality of non-volatile storage devices to distribute the received energy usage information data, based on the origination information data; and

distribute the energy usage information data to one of the plurality of each non-volatile storage devices; wherein each non-volatile storage device is part of a respective group of non-volatile storage devices;

wherein the origination information data is established by each agent device, and is a part of an energy usage data packet, the origination information data is indicative of an energy measurement device that originated the energy usage information data; and

wherein the energy measurement device transmits the energy usage information data to a primary and a secondary data collection agent device.

9. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

the energy measurement device configured to collect the energy usage information data in real-time.

10. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8 , wherein the logger device is configured to receive the energy usage information data and an origination information data at a rate of at least once per minute, as the energy usage information data becomes available.

11. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8 , wherein the logger device is configured to receive the energy usage information data and an origination information data at a rate of twice per minute, as the energy usage information data becomes available.

12. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8 , wherein the logger device is configured to receive the energy usage information data and an origination information data at a rate of at least once per second, as the energy usage information data becomes available.

13. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8 , wherein the logger device is configured to perform a mathematical operation on the origination information data when determining to which plurality of non-volatile storage devices to distribute the energy usage information data.

14. The energy usage data storage distribution system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the non-volatile storage device is configured to store the received energy usage information data in a raw data format.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2012
From: HURRI, PASI; NEUVO, NIILO; MIKKOLA, TOPI; KIVIMAA, KALLE; KAAKKOLA, ILKKA; BUNN, ERIK
To: BASEN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028051/0082 →
Continuity (1)
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