Patent ID: 9571345
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,H02J,H04L,Y02B,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method for optimizing the operation of network devices in closed area networks, the method comprising: determining, by a gateway device, an amount of energy consumption for each of a plurality of network appliances in a closed area network over a designated time period; retrieving, by the gateway device, operational priority values assigned to each of the network appliances per each of a plurality of time slots over the designated time period; iteratively generating, by the gateway device, a plurality of proposed operation schedules, each divided into the time slots over the designated time period, by selectively assigning the network appliances to operate at various of the time slots based on their assigned operational priority values for the time slots; identifying, by the gateway device, an optimized schedule from the proposed operation schedules based on a determined aggregated total utility cost and an aggregated operations value for each of the network appliances; and implementing, by the gateway device, the optimized schedule and managing operation of the network appliances in association with the optimized schedule.