US Patent No: 7,418,428
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System and method for controlling delivering of a commodity
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Aug 26, 2008
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Jul 28, 2003
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10/628,519
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Abstract
A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device couple to the distribution network. The at least one device controllably consumes energy. The system includes a node and a control system. The node is coupled to the at least one device for sensing and controlling energy delivered to the device. A control system is coupled to the node and distribution network for delivering to the node at least one characteristic of the distribution network. The node for controls the supply of energy to the device as a function of the at least one characteristic.
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Cited Art
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| 4,899,217 Communication and energy control system for houses | 59 | 1987 | |
| 4,899,129 Automated appliance and energy distribution control system | 41 | 1988 | |
| 5,126,934 Gas distribution system | 34 | 1989 | |
| 5,101,191 Electrical and communication system capable of providing uninterruptable power in a house | 74 | 1990 | |
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| 4,998,097 Mechanically operated pressure switch having solid state components | 25 | 1985 | |
| 5,323,307 Power management and automation system | 73 | 1990 | |
| 5,170,360 Computer-based metering arrangement including a circuit interrupter | 46 | 1990 | |
| 5,315,499 Computer-controlled circuit breaker energy management arrangement having reliable memory and clock | 19 | 1992 | |
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| 4,855,922 Apparatus and method for monitoring an energy management system | 33 | 1987 | |
| 5,462,225 Apparatus and method for controlling distribution of electrical energy to a space conditioning load | 68 | 1994 | |
| 6,618,709 Computer assisted and/or implemented process and architecture for web-based monitoring of energy related usage, and client accessibility therefor | 101 | 1998 | |
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| 4,466,074 Power outage timer | 40 | 1981 | |
| 4,630,218 Current measuring apparatus | 77 | 1985 | |
| 5,475,371 Faulted circuit detector having isolated indicator | 25 | 1992 | |
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| 4,245,319 Energy management method and apparatus utilizing duty cycle reduction synchronized with the zero points of the applied voltage | 39 | 1979 | |
| 4,336,462 Electrical load restoration system | 39 | 1980 | |
| 4,324,987 System and method for optimizing shed/restore operations for electrical loads | 64 | 1980 | |
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| 5,684,710 System for measuring electrical power interruptions | 66 | 1995 | |
| 5,696,695 System for rate-related control of electrical loads | 155 | 1995 | |
| 5,924,486 Environmental condition control and energy management system and method | 132 | 1997 | |
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| 4,475,193 Power line carrier multi telephone extension system for full duplex conferencing between telephones | 121 | 1982 | |
| 4,514,594 Power line carrier telephone extension system for full duplex conferencing between telephones and having telephone call hold capability | 72 | 1982 | |
| 4,523,307 Power line carrier multi telephone extension system for full duplex conferencing and intercom between telephones | 85 | 1982 | |
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| 4,847,781 Energy management system | 59 | 1986 | |
| 4,847,782 Energy management system with responder unit having an override | 40 | 1986 | |
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| 4,367,414 Method and apparatus for controlling distributed electrical loads | 32 | 1982 | |
| 6,115,676 Methods and apparatus for performing load profile and load control | 29 | 1996 | |
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| 4,549,274 Distributed electric power demand control | 30 | 1983 | |
| 5,598,349 Responding to pricing signals from a power supplier using mixed add/shed and profile setback delta schemes | 35 | 1994 | |
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| 4,697,182 Method of and system for accumulating verifiable energy demand data from remote electricity meters | 50 | 1986 | |
| 4,847,554 Current measuring and magnetic core compensating apparatus and method | 15 | 1987 | |
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| 5,274,571 Energy storage scheduling system | 40 | 1991 | |
| 5,196,982 Electrical power monitoring system | 22 | 1991 | |
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| 4,291,375 Portable programmer-reader unit for programmable time registering electric energy meters | 65 | 1979 | |
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| 4,539,562 Load current monitoring device for detecting predetermined degree of change in load impedance | 13 | 1982 | |
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| 4,511,979 Programmable time registering AC electric energy meter having randomized load control | 36 | 1982 | |
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| 5,090,024 Spread spectrum communications system for networks | 177 | 1989 | |
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| 4,338,791 Microcomputer control for heat pump system | 43 | 1980 | |
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| 4,977,515 Load management device and method of use | 69 | 1988 | |
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| 5,086,385 Expandable home automation system | 573 | 1989 | |
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| 5,469,365 Power monitor unit | 28 | 1993 | |
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| 4,819,180 Variable-limit demand controller for metering electrical energy | 81 | 1987 | |
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| 4,971,136 Dual fuel heat pump controller | 25 | 1989 | |
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| 4,987,513 Apparatus and method for selectively delaying the connection of an electrical supply voltage to an electrical load | 11 | 1989 | |
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| 6,446,045 Method for using computers to facilitate and control the creating of a plurality of functions | 141 | 2000 | |
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| 4,503,288 Intelligent telephone | 181 | 1981 | |
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| 5,436,510 Method and a system for globally managing electric power in a network within a dwelling or the like | 82 | 1993 | |
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| 4,382,544 Energy management system with programmable thermostat | 72 | 1980 | |
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| 5,414,640 Method and apparatus for adaptive demand limiting electric consumption through load shedding | 52 | 1994 | |
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| 5,289,362 Energy control system | 94 | 1989 | |
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| 4,888,495 Power adapter for electrical installations and especially domestic installations with so-called carrier current control | 22 | 1987 | |
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| 4,771,185 Power adapter for electrical installations and especially domestic installations | 52 | 1986 | |
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| 4,513,189 Heating apparatus having voice command control operative in a conversational processing manner | 24 | 1982 | |
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| 5,301,122 Measuring and monitoring system | 74 | 1992 | |
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| 4,217,646 Automatic control system for a building | 88 | 1978 | |
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| 4,665,544 Home control system and interphone system | 73 | 1985 | |
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| 5,501,267 Air conditioning apparatus for an electric vehicle using least power consumption between compressor and electric heater | 37 | 1992 | |
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| 5,033,112 Closed loop, programmable power and communication system | 66 | 1987 | |
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| 6,311,105 Multi-utility energy control system | 100 | 1998 | |
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| 5,278,862 Timing for spread-spectrum communication across noisy media | 78 | 1992 | |
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| 5,263,046 Spread-spectrum chirp communication with sharply defined bandwidth | 47 | 1992 | |
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| 5,220,311 Direction indicating fault indicators | 35 | 1991 | |
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| 5,218,552 Control apparatus for use in a dwelling | 61 | 1990 | |
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| 5,045,823 Terminating scheme for transmitting multiple signals on a coaxial cable to multiple tap outlets | 24 | 1989 | |
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| 5,347,167 Power controller using keyboard and computer interface | 71 | 1992 | |
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| 4,772,870 Power line communication system | 129 | 1986 | |
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| 2003/0036,810 System and method for controlling generation over an integrated wireless network | 42 | 2002 | |
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| 5,109,222 Remote control system for control of electrically operable equipment in people occupiable structures | 181 | 1989 | |
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| 5,572,438 Engery management and building automation system | 334 | 1995 | |
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| 4,847,780 Current measuring apparatus | 55 | 1987 | |
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| 6,181,985 Rate-based load shed module | 55 | 1998 | |
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| 4,218,737 Revenue metering system for power companies | 78 | 1977 | |
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| 4,728,949 Remote control device for controlling various functions of one or more appliances | 143 | 1984 | |
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| 4,663,775 Method and apparatus for testing remote communication systems | 19 | 1984 | |
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| 4,884,021 Digital power metering | 151 | 1988 | |
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| 5,168,170 Subscriber electric power load control system | 39 | 1989 | |
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| 5,134,356 Reactive power compensator | 45 | 1991 | |
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| 4,520,576 Conversational voice command control system for home appliance | 59 | 1983 | |
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| 4,567,557 Building intelligence system | 93 | 1983 | |
| 4,521,645 Fire alarm system | 71 | 1983 | |
| 4,701,698 Microprocessor based energy consumption meter | 30 | 1986 | |
| 2001/0010,032 Energy management and building automation system | 98 | 2001 | |
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