Patent ID: 9235847
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, by a computer, one or more electrical components coupled to an energy management system; obtaining, by the computer, settings information from a respective component to determine a historical operating schedule for the respective component; generating, by the computer, an energy-disutility graph that is a connected graph that indicates an energy consumption for the one or more components, wherein generating the energy-disutility graph involves: determining price information for energy; determining, by the computer, a new operating schedule for the respective component by traversing the energy-disutility graph based on the price information; generating, for the respective component, updated settings information that includes the new operating schedule; sending the updated settings information to the respective component and implementing, by the respective component, an operation based on the updated settings information.