Patent ID: 9577432
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B60L,B64D,G01D,H02J,Y02T

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of smart outlets configured to provide electrical power from an electrical system to respective power loads, and configured to measure power consumption characteristics of the respective power loads, the power consumption characteristics including apparent power or a combination of apparent power and real power consumed by the respective power loads; a backend system in wireless communication with the smart outlets and configured to wirelessly receive the power consumption characteristics from the smart outlets, and integrate the power consumption characteristics into a representation thereof for analysis in accordance with a power distribution schedule of the electrical system, the backend system being configured to integrate the power consumption characteristics including being configured to assign the power consumption characteristics to various ones of N clusters for respective N power levels, and calculate a discrete probability of each of the N power levels from respective clusters, wherein the backend system is configured to wirelessly transmit a command signal to one or more of the smart outlets in various instances response to the analysis, and the command signal instructing the respective one or more smart outlets to shed or restore power to respective power loads from the electrical system, including in at least one instance a smart outlet being instructed to shed power to a respective power load at a power level of the N power levels with a lower discrete probability relative to others of the N power levels.