Patent ID: 8170695

Claim:
A method for a demand response system to control load shedding and payback spiking in a population of energy consuming devices by producing generated serial numbers from original serial numbers of at least one device, executed via a controller with at least one memory storing executable instructions for the method, comprising: obtaining an original serial number to generate a generated serial number from the device or a device microcontroller; generating a replacing number for a first number to be replaced in the original serial number; replacing the first number to be replaced with the replacing number if the replacing number is less than ten, or with a remainder of the replacing number that is not divisible by 10, if the replacing number is greater than nine; generating a first additional replacing number for each number at a higher place holder than the first number to be replaced in the original serial number; replacing each number in the original serial number at the higher place holder than the first number to be replaced with the first additional replacing number if the first additional replacing number is less than ten, or with a remainder of the first additional replacing number that is not divisible by 10, if the first additional replacing number is greater than nine; generating a second additional replacing number for a second number from a last number in the original serial number to replace the second number; replacing the second number from the last number with the second additional replacing number if the second additional replacing number is less than ten, or with a remainder of the second additional replacing number that is not divisible by 10 if the second additional replacing number is great than nine to form a generated number; and adding the original serial number to the generated number except for the last number in the original serial number to generate the generated serial number.