Patent ID: 9515491
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G05B,G05F,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising the steps of: receiving information of a power consuming device from an energy management (EM) system, including criticality information obtained from a universal appliance service (UAS) system; receiving power supply information of one or more power supply devices associated with an electric grid; receiving a power request from the power consuming device; and determining, by a computing device, that the power consuming device receives power from the power supply device, based on the criticality information and the power supply information, wherein the EM system receives the criticality information directly from the UAS system, and the UAS system determines the criticality of the power consuming device based on the power consuming device's location in comparison to remaining power consuming devices, the criticality information of the power consuming device includes identification that the power consuming device is a critical power consuming device or a non-critical power consuming device, the critical power consuming device is a device structured to provide one of heat, cooling, lighting, and pumping in a catastrophic event comprising at least one of a hurricane, an earthquake, and a terrorist attack, and the UAS system changes the criticality of the power consuming device from the non-critical power consuming device to the critical power consuming device based on the catastrophic event.