Patent Document ID: 20070226290
Application ID: 11384488
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for the transmission of current, utility commodity, data, and/or information, said method comprising the following steps: transmitting current, utility commodity, data, and/or 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 among one or more different subsystems with one or more different characteristics, hardware, software, interfaces, connections, applications, communications, or protocols, wherein said one or more intelligent grid interface nodes are agnostic with respect to said one or more different characteristics, hardware, software, interfaces, connections, applications, communications, or protocols; wherein said grid further comprises one or more devices, wherein said one or more devices are one or more of the following: a switch, protection relay, meter, sensor, operating means, protecting means, regulating means, distributing means, measuring means, pricing means, tracking means, telecommunication means, computing means, or managing means, and wherein said one or more devices are connected to or associated with said one or more intelligent grid interface nodes; and said one or more intelligent grid interface nodes automating, improving, speeding up, optimizing, remotely controlling, controlling, or streamlining one or more functions performed by said one or more devices.