Patent ID: 6961641
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An electrical power management architecture for managing an electrical power distribution system comprising: a network; at least one intelligent electronic device (“IED”) coupled with said electrical power distribution system and further coupled with said network, each of said at least one IED operative to implement a power management function in conjunction with a portion of said electrical power distribution system, said power management function operative to respond to at least one power management command and generate power management data, each of said at least one IED comprising: said architecture further comprising: a power management application coupled with said network and operative to receive and process said power management data from said at least one IED and generate said at least one power management command to said at least one IED to implement said power management function, said power management application further comprising a power quality monitoring application; wherein said security module is further operative to augment said power management data transmitted onto said network with authentication data and authenticate said at least one power management command received from said network and said power management application comprises an authentication application operative to augment said at least one power management command transmitted onto said network with authentication data and authenticate said power management data received from said network.