Patent ID: 8234016
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: G06Q,H04B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a converter that converts power information into metadata and sends the metadata over a power transmission line with electricity transmitted over the power transmission line to a plurality of different recipient customers of the electricity, wherein the power information describes a current rate cost of the electricity that is charged by a provider offering the electricity; and a plurality of signal decoders that are each accessible by the recipient customers and that collect the metadata from the power transmission line, decode the collected metadata into the power information, and present the current rate cost of the electricity and a duration of time that the rate costs will be available to the recipient customers of the electricity by: wherein the converter modulates the metadata into a carrier frequency that is different than a carrier frequency of the electricity transmitted over the power transmission line; and wherein said power information further comprises: a geographic location of a plant source of generation of the electricity; a method used by the plant source to generate the electricity; and a geographic source of raw materials if the raw materials are used by the method used by the plant source to generate the electricity.