Patent ID: 9685784
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H02J,Y02B,Y02P,Y04S

Claim:
1. At least one component for a network system comprising: one of an energy supplied component to which energy is supplied and an energy management component that manages the energy supplied component, wherein the energy management component controls an energy usage amount or an energy usage cost of the energy supplied component, and wherein the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the energy supplied component is controlled is based on information related to at least an energy cost that is less than when the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost of the energy supplied component is controlled without the information related to at least the energy cost, wherein the information related to at least the energy cost comprises a high cost information, wherein different energy reduction modes are selected according to a length of a time period of high-cost information, wherein the energy supplied component is driven by a processor to operate in a first energy reduction mode that reduces the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the length of the time period of high-cost information is less than a predetermined time length of usage, and wherein the energy supplied component is driven by the processor to operate in a second energy reduction mode different from the first energy reduction mode that reduces the energy usage amount or the energy usage cost when the length of the time period of high-cost information is equal to or greater than the predetermined time length of usage.