Patent ID: 9634522
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H02J,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method for identifying conditions that correlate with a plurality of events related to operation of a power grid, comprising: formatting input data into a first chunk; determining one or more distinguishing characteristics of a first chunk, the first chunk including data elements relevant to operating a power grid, wherein the data elements of the first chunk include weather data, sample date data, and sample time data; comparing the data elements of the first chunk to every chunk of a plurality of chunks stored within a repository of previously formatted input data, wherein data elements of each chunk of the plurality of chunks include weather data, date data, and time data, wherein some chunks of the plurality of chunks are not associated with any events of the plurality of events, wherein events of the plurality of events include a blackout, a brownout, and a power surplus; determining that a distinguishing characteristic of the first chunk is equivalent to a distinguishing characteristic of a second chunk of the plurality of chunks, wherein one or more chunks of the plurality of chunks include a plurality of data elements corresponding with the data elements of the first chunk; in response to determining that the distinguishing characteristic of the first chunk is equivalent to the distinguishing characteristic of the second chunk, determining whether the second chunk is associated with an event of the plurality of events; in response to determining that both the second chunk is associated with the event and the distinguishing characteristic of the first chunk is equivalent to the distinguishing characteristic of the second chunk, determining whether the second chunk is substantially identical to the first chunk; and generating a pointer in an index from the first chunk to the second chunk when the first chunk is not substantially identical to the second chunk, wherein the pointer creates a correlation between power grid data of the first chunk and the second chunk; and adjusting the power grid in response to the determination that the second chunk is substantially identical to the first chunk.