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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2010', 'Application No. 08795674', 'Application No. 08795673', 'Application No. 2010522954', 'Application No. 2008296979', 'Application No. 2008296979', 'Application No. 200880113529', 'Application No. 200880113530']

Patent US8315717 - Method and apparatus for actively managing consumption of electric power ... - Google Patents
A client device manages consumption of power supplied by an electric utility to one or more power consuming devices. Power flow to the power consuming devices is controlled by one or more controllable devices, which are controlled by the client device. The client device receives a power control message,...http://www.google.cl/patents/US8315717?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8315717 - Method and apparatus for actively managing consumption of electric power supplied by an electric utility
Publication number US8315717 B2
Application number US 13/172,389
Also published as CA2698348A1, CA2698348C, CN101842800A, EP2183720A2, EP2183720A4, US7715951, US8010812, US8032233, US8307225, US20090062970, US20100161148, US20100179670, US20110257809, US20110258022, WO2009032161A2, WO2009032161A3
Publication number 13172389, 172389, US 8315717 B2, US 8315717B2, US-B2-8315717, US8315717 B2, US8315717B2
Patent Citations (286), Non-Patent Citations (54), Referenced by (62), Classifications (53), Legal Events (9)
11. A method for a client device to manage a flow of power supplied by an electric utility to a plurality of power consuming devices, the client device being responsive to power control messages issued by a system controller and controlling one or more controllable devices that control a flow of electric power to at least some of the plurality of power consuming devices, the method comprising: receiving a power control message from the system controller, the power control message being responsive to a power reduction request issued by the electric utility and indicating at least one of an amount of electric power to be reduced and an identification of at least one controllable device to be instructed to disable a flow of electric power to one or more associated power consuming devices; and
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U.S. Classification 700/22, 713/300, 702/62, 713/320, 700/295, 323/299, 713/310, 323/318, 702/61, 713/340, 323/304, 702/60, 700/286, 700/291, 700/297
International Classification G05F5/00, G01R21/06, G05B11/01, G05F3/02, G05D5/00, G05D11/00, G06Q10/00, G05F1/00, G05D9/00, G05D17/00, G01R21/00, G05D3/12, G05F3/00
Cooperative Classification Y04S20/40, Y04S20/34, Y02B70/3225, Y04S50/14, Y04S20/322, Y02B90/242, Y04S20/224, Y04S20/222, Y02B90/245, Y02B70/343, G06Q10/06, G06Q30/0207, H02J3/14, G06Q10/06393, G01D4/004, G06Q50/06, H02J2003/143, Y02B70/3266, Y04S20/242
European Classification G06Q10/06393, G06Q30/0207, G06Q10/06, G06Q50/06, H02J3/14, G01D4/00R1
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