Patent Document ID: 20090138100
Application ID: 12359325
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for the transmission of current, utility commodity, data, and information, said method comprising: transmitting current, utility commodity, data, and information through a grid, wherein said grid comprises one or more intelligent grid interface nodes, and wherein said one or more intelligent grid interface nodes are located at some points on said grid; said one or more intelligent grid interface nodes connecting or exchanging data, on a two-way communication basis, among one or more different subsystems with one or more different characteristics, hardware, software, interfaces, connections, applications, communications, and protocols; wherein said one or more intelligent grid interface nodes are compatible with respect to said one or more different characteristics, hardware, software, interfaces, connections, applications, communications, and protocols; wherein said grid further comprises one or more devices, wherein said one or more devices comprise: a switch, protection relay, meter, sensor, operating means, protecting means, regulating means, distributing means, measuring means, pricing means, tracking means, telecommunication means, computing means, and managing means, managing voltage and voltage ampere reactive on said grid by controlling of capacitor banks and regulators and switching of loads; managing said loads to meet electric energy supply and demand through real-time transfer and dropping of said loads by opening and closing breakers and switches; remotely reading said meter and remotely connecting and disconnecting of electric services; detecting an outage and restoring by switching of a distribution system; providing broadband data communication channels to clients, over power line carrier; providing connectivity to Internet or other public and private networks, with a database to support managing of data traffic from different ports and media; remotely monitoring and managing appliances for load management; interfacing with components of said one or more intelligent grid interface nodes, said components comprising: Energy Management system, Geographic Information System, Outage Management System, Distribution Automatic System, and Customer Information System; performing conversion, encapsulation, and emulation of said protocols; providing a set of tools to configure and manage said one or more intelligent grid interface nodes and to implement local logic; providing programming tools, for management of Front End Communications Processor, Remote Terminal Unit, Programmable Logic Control, Intelligent Electronic Device, Capacitor Bank Controller, and Metering; and said one or more intelligent grid interface nodes automating, speeding up, optimizing, remotely controlling, and streamlining one or more functions performed by said one or more devices.