Patent ID: 9117251
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G05B,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a compiled device power state schedule, said method comprising: a. accessing a computer database that stores a set of energy savings plans, wherein each energy savings plan comprises information corresponding to a plurality of planned on/off events over a major scheduling period of duration T1, wherein the major scheduling period is divided into a plurality of minor scheduling periods, wherein the number of minor scheduling periods is n and each minor scheduling period is of duration T2 and wherein T1=n×T2, wherein each planned on/off event is a single on or off event that corresponds to the beginning of a period when energy is to be used by a device or when energy is not to be used by a device; b. associating one or more devices with a plurality of energy savings plans from said set of energy savings plans, wherein each energy savings plan has c. applying a computer algorithm to the plurality of energy saving plans of (b) to generate an output, wherein the output comprises a compiled device power state schedule for a time period XY of duration T1 and the time period is divided into n minor scheduling periods, each of which has a duration T2, wherein the time period XY begins at X and ends at Y and for each minor scheduling period within XY the algorithm analyzes the plurality of energy savings plans to determine which energy savings plan that has a start date that is before or the same as the minor scheduling period within XY and an end date that is after or the same as the minor scheduling period within XY has the greatest priority for incorporation into the compiled device power state schedule.