Patent ID: 8335596
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a server device, the method comprising: receiving, by the server device and from a device gateway server, network content that includes information regarding a quantity of power consumed by each of a plurality of smart grid devices, the network content being received via a tunneling protocol that permits the server device to receive the network content at a location that is remote from the device gateway server; retrieving, from a memory associated with the server device, control policies that include a threshold associated with another quantity of power consumed by the plurality of smart grid devices or a plurality of device thresholds associated with the plurality of smart grid devices, each device threshold, of the plurality of device thresholds, corresponding to a quantity of power consumed by a different one of the plurality of smart grid devices; determining, by the server device, whether a device condition exists based on a comparison of the each device threshold with the quantity of power consumed by the different one of the plurality of smart grid devices; sending, by the server device and to a user device, a notification that the device condition exists when the quantity of power consumed by a particular smart grid device, of the plurality of smart grid devices, is greater than a particular device threshold, of the plurality of device thresholds, that corresponds to the particular smart grid device; determining, by the server device, whether a curtailment condition exists based on a comparison of the other quantity of power consumed by the plurality of smart grid devices and the threshold; and sending, by the server device and to the user device, another notification indicating that a curtailment condition exists when the other quantity of power consumed by the plurality of the smart grid devices is greater than the threshold, wherein sending the other notification includes: