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Patent US8954612


Issued 2015-02-10

Enterprise Smart Grid And Demand Management Platform And Methods For Application Development And Management

A computer-implemented platform server and method is provided for energy management operations in a Smart Grid environment. The platform server includes an application module configured to operate any of a plurality of Smart Grid Applications. A consumer-side module is configured for bi-directional communication with a plurality of consumer-side intelligent appliances. An Operations Technology (OT) module is configured for communication with an electrical grid Energy Management System (EMS). A translation module is coupled to, and configured to translate data received from, the application, consumer-side, and OT modules, so that the platform is configured to selectively receive, translate, and transmit data from and among any of said application, consumer-side, and OT modules, to facilitate automated energy management operations in a Smart Grid environment.



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  • 1. A computer-implemented platform server for energy management operations in a Smart Grid environment, the platform server comprising: a server including a processor, memory, and computer readable media; an application module communicably coupled to the server, configured to enable operation of any of a plurality of Smart Grid Applications; a consumer-side module communicably coupled to the server, and configured for bi-directional communication with a plurality of consumer-side intelligent appliances; an Operations Technology (OT) module communicably coupled to the server, and configured for communication with an electrical grid Energy Management System (EMS); and a translation module coupled to, and configured to translate data received from, said application, consumer-side, and OT modules; wherein the application module includes a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) module configured to enable individual Smart Grid Applications to be selectively integrated with, and dis-integrated from, the server independently of other ones of the Smart Grid Applications, interoperability of a plurality of Smart Grid Applications each having business logic associated with Smart Grid operation, and integration of Smart Grid Applications selected from the group consisting of Outage Management Systems (OMS), Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems, Customer Information Systems (CIS); Workforce Management Systems (WMS), Self Healing Systems, demand-based connect/disconnect and load curtailment, AMI/AMR (Advanced Metering Infrastructure/Automated Meter Reading), GIS (Geographic Information System), and combinations thereof; and wherein the platform is configured to selectively receive, translate, and transmit data from and among any of said application, consumer-side, and OT modules, to facilitate automated energy management operations in a Smart Grid environment.

  • 28. An article of manufacture for energy management operations in a Smart Grid environment, said article of manufacture comprising: a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code configured for: (a) implementing OT and Consumer-Side modules and capture energy data from OT and Consumer side devices substantially in real time; (b) translating the captured data; (c) processing the captured data, including enabling individual Smart Grid Applications to be selectively integrated with, and dis-integrated from, a server independently of other ones of the Smart Grid Applications, interoperability of a plurality of Smart Grid Applications each having business logic associated with Smart Grid operation, and integrating of Smart Grid Applications selected from the group consisting of Outage Management Systems (OMS), Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems, Customer Information Systems (CIS); Workforce Management Systems (WMS), Self Healing Systems, demand-based connect/disconnect and load curtailment, AMI/AMR (Advanced Metering Infrastructure/Automated Meter Reading), GIS (Geographic Information System), and combinations thereof; (d) generating a control command based on the processed data; (e) translating the control command into a protocol associated with the Consumer-Side module; (f) transmitting the translated control command to the Consumer-Side device; (g) receiving a feedback communication from the Consumer-Side device; (h) translating the feedback communication; and (i) forwarding the translated feedback communication to the application module for further processing substantially in real time.