Patent ID: 8362640

Claim:
A system configured to control energy loads and energy supplies, the system comprising: a plurality of load interfaces configured to removably couple energy loads to the system to communicatively link the energy loads with the system, the load interfaces comprising a first load interface; a plurality of supply interfaces configured to removably couple energy supplies to the system to communicatively link the energy supplies with the system, wherein the energy supplies are coupled with the energy loads to permit the transfer of power therebetween, the supply interfaces comprising a first supply interface; a communication interface configured to transmit information from and/or receive information to the system; one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules, the one or more computer program modules comprising: a load module configured to obtain information related to the energy loads coupled with the system via the load interfaces such that, responsive to the energy loads including a first energy load coupled to the first load interface, the load module is configured to obtain one or more of an identification of the first load, a load type of the first load, or information indicating at least one power specification of the first load; a supply module configured to obtain information related to the energy supplies coupled to the system via the supply interfaces such that, responsive to the energy supplies including a first energy supply coupled to the first supply interface, the supply module is configured to obtain one or more of an identification of the first energy supply, a supply type of the first energy supply, or information indicating at least one power specification of the first energy supply; a mission interface module configured to obtain information related to a mission to be performed by the energy loads coupled to the system via the load interfaces; a plan module configured to automatically generate a mission plan for executing the mission obtained by the mission interface module based on the information related to energy loads obtained by the load module and the information related to energy supplies obtained by the supply module, wherein the mission plan identifies functions to be performed by the energy loads to execute the mission, identifies functions to be performed by the energy supplies to provide power to the energy loads sufficient to enable the energy loads to perform the functions identified for the energy loads in the mission plan, and prospectively indicates timings in the future for the functions to be performed by the energy loads and the functions to be performed by the energy supplies, and wherein the plan module is configured to generate the mission plan in advance of commencement of execution of the mission.