Patent ID: 9667578
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G05B,G05D,G06F,H02J,H04L,Y02B,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device integrated with a first endpoint device, a first message that contains information in an Open Automatic Demand Response (OADR)-conformant format; processing, by the processing device, the first message to identify an OADR tag within the first message and extract an OADR element associated with the OADR tag from the first message, the OADR element comprising a value associated with energy consumption pricing, energy consumption curtailment, or grid reliability; reformatting, by the processing device, the first message into a first OADR-conformant message having the OADR element inserted into the first OADR-conformant message in a format that is compliant with a secure connection format protocol utilized by an energy consuming device; and causing the energy consuming device to execute an action based on the information contained in the first message by transmitting the first OADR-conformant message to the energy consuming device.