| 6553353 |
Advanced metering system enabling regulation and billing of utilities by third party interagent |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A power metering apparatus provides utility services to a customer's facility when the customer prepays or makes other sufficient advance payment assurances. This apparatus is inserted between the utility... |
| 6535859 |
System and method for monitoring lighting systems |
| Mar-18-2003 |
A method and system for charging a fee to an end user where a service company services a lighting system of the end user's facility. To determine the fee, an original power consumption of the facility... |
| 6512966 |
System, method and computer program product for enhancing commercial value of electrical power produced from a renewable energy power production facility |
| Jan-28-2003 |
A method, system and computer program product enhance the commercial value of electrical power produced from a wind turbine production facility. Features include the use of a premier power conversion device... |
| 6494369 |
Method of providing services for users and a service processing system for the same |
| Dec-17-2002 |
A service processing system includes an IC card possessed by a passenger and at least one automatic ticket inspection machine installed in each station of a traffic facility. The card includes a storage... |
| 6488056 |
Medical liquid oxygen storage, dispensing, and billing system and method |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A method and system for the storage and dispensing of medical grade liquid oxygen are provided. Medical grade liquid oxygen is stored in a storage tank located within a medical facility which is capable... |
| 6473744 |
Apparatus and method for trading electric energy |
| Oct-29-2002 |
Electric energy can be traded between connected participants such as utility companies. The present method provides a common marketplace which provides participants the ability to display both buy and... |
| 6452505 |
System for measuring domestic consumption of electricity, heat, water and gas |
| Sep-17-2002 |
The system for determining domestic consumption of electricity, heat, water and gas includes: a number of measuring units (2) for measuring consumption of electricity, heat, water and gas; a concentration... |
| 6401081 |
Modular object-based architecture for extensible master station software |
| Jun-4-2002 |
Conventional AMR and DA/DSM systems typically suffer from a lack of extensibility due to the monolithic nature of the master station software. In contrast, this patent describes a system that is comprised... |
| 6393341 |
Architecture neutral device abstraction layer for interfacing devices and applications |
| May-21-2002 |
An interface layer and method is provided that permits applications, without modification, to operate with any type of meter. The interface comprises an abstraction layer and library or repository of descriptions... |
| 6366889 |
Optimizing operational efficiency and reducing costs of major energy system at large facilities |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A computer implemented system and method for assisting in the visual analysis of the operational efficiency of major energy consuming systems at large facilities and particularly the consumption of electricity... |
| 6351737 |
Measurement apportionment system |
| Feb-26-2002 |
The rate of consumption from one or more values of metered consumption is determined by (1) a value of consumption or charge therefrom using a period other than the Metered Period (the period during which... |
| 6327541 |
Electronic energy management system |
| Dec-4-2001 |
An electronic energy management system is suitable for use with an energy distribution network that provides energy from an energy resource to user sites. A plurality of energy usage meters, at least one... |
| 6243693 |
Token-operated apparatus for communal prepayment water management |
| Jun-5-2001 |
A system and apparatus for controlling and measuring the flow of water delivered per transaction of a community water management arrangement, the apparatus having an inlet and outlet, a meter to determine... |
| 6219656 |
Memory integrity for meters |
| Apr-17-2001 |
An improved process ensures to the extent possible that the usage memory of an electronically-based electricity meter is always in a state that most recent data may be retrieved. Two separate areas or... |
| 6219655 |
Method of RF-based communication |
| Apr-17-2001 |
An RF based communication system includes a transmitter for transmitting a signal. The transmitter is powered by an external power source and has a transmitter counter for generating a count. The count... |
| 6169979 |
Computer-assisted sales system for utilities |
| Jan-2-2001 |
A computer-based system for generating customized proposals relating to consumption and cost of utilities. The system receives and stores information related to a utility company's services and conservation... |
| 6167389 |
Method and apparatus using distributed intelligence for applying real time pricing and time of use rates in wide area network including a headend and subscriber |
| Dec-26-2000 |
A control system is disclosed which varies the operation of consumer's devices to minimize influx currents across a power grid. Power consuming devices are scheduled to operate in accordance with varying... |
| 6161100 |
System for billing individual units of a multi-unit building for water use and for water related energy use |
| Dec-12-2000 |
A system for billing individual units of a multi-unit building for water use or water related energy use wherein the multi-unit building is supplied water from a common source and the individual unit has... |
| 6133850 |
Method and apparatus for reducing channel capacity required to report a billable consumption of a utility commodity |
| Oct-17-2000 |
A pricing entity (124) periodically transmits (502) pricing information (226) including pricing of a utility commodity as a function of time. A meter apparatus (130) periodically make s a measurement (602)... |
| 6122603 |
Multi-utility energy control system with dashboard |
| Sep-19-2000 |
A multi-utility energy control system has control center computer(s) connected to various utility consuming systems and software that formats pertinent systems' energy data, stores, retrieves, diagnoses... |
| 6115676 |
Methods and apparatus for performing load profile and load control |
| Sep-5-2000 |
An electronic energy meter register which, in one aspect, is configured to perform load profile recording in a manner which eliminates a need for a back-up battery is described. In other aspects, the present... |
| 6112159 |
Robust electrical utility meter |
| Aug-29-2000 |
The present invention includes an electrical utility meter operable to measure power consumption. The method detects and compensates for one or more wiring errors that affects the power consumption measurement... |
| 6112158 |
Service type recognition in electrical utility meter |
| Aug-29-2000 |
Disclosed is a method and arrangement for use in an electrical utility meter, the electrical utility meter operable to be connected to a plurality of electrical service types. The arrangement is operable... |
| 6105000 |
Financial rebate program for utilities based on degree days |
| Aug-15-2000 |
A financial rebate program provides a rebate to purchasers or sellers of energy such as electrical power and natural gas for a deviation from expected weather conditions. In one example, the buyer of a... |
| 6081204 |
Automated communication of electricity meter data |
| Jun-27-2000 |
An electricity meter which, in one embodiment, includes a microcomputer coupled to both a liquid crystal display (LCD) and an optical port. The LCD includes an on board controller and an LCD random access... |
| 6055504 |
Method and system for accommodating electronic commerce in a communication network capacity market |
| Apr-25-2000 |
A method for accommodating electronic commerce in a communication network capacity market. The method includes the steps of identifying a plurality of players in the communication network capacity market,... |
| 6052671 |
Computerized bill consolidation, billing and payment authorization with remote access to the billing information |
| Apr-18-2000 |
Computerized billing and payment authorization methods and systems are described. In one aspect, a host system includes a database in which information associated with a billable entity from which payment... |
| 6049791 |
Utility meter and display system |
| Apr-11-2000 |
A new Utility Meter and Display System for reading and displaying utility usage information within a building structure. The inventive device includes an encasement, a microprocessor within the encasement,... |
| 6047274 |
Bidding for energy supply |
| Apr-4-2000 |
An auction service is provided that stimulates competition between energy suppliers (i.e., electric power or natural gas). A bidding moderator (Moderator) receives bids from the competing suppliers of... |
| 6021402 |
Risk management system for electric utilities |
| Feb-1-2000 |
A computer implemented risk-management system schedules the generating units of an electric utility while taking into consideration power trading with other utilities and the stochastic load on the utility... |
| 6021401 |
Computer system, apparatus and method for calculating demand usage |
| Feb-1-2000 |
A personal computer (PC) system determines a demand usage value at a predetermined time for a load powered by an electric power system. The computer system includes a database for storing energy usage... |
| 6018726 |
Method of billing for information services in conjunction with utilities service |
| Jan-25-2000 |
A system for automatically billing information services in conjunction with utilities services. The system includes a main unit having a host computer with a database for storing data of various types,... |
| 6006212 |
Time-of-use and demand metering in conditions of power outage with a mobile node |
| Dec-21-1999 |
An RF based communication system includes a transmitter for transmitting a signal. The transmitter is powered by an external power source and has a transmitter counter for generating a count. The count... |
| 5995022 |
Method and apparatus for executing a command in a plurality of electrical metering devices |
| Nov-30-1999 |
A method and apparatus for executing a command in a number of electrical metering devices of a power distribution system provides each metering device with a command having a predetermined execution time... |
| 5986573 |
Method and apparatus for metering building structures |
| Nov-16-1999 |
A method and apparatus for metering building structures having a plurality of service outlets each having control valves, includes the installing of meters within a given distance from each one of the... |
| 5974403 |
Power trading and forecasting tool |
| Oct-26-1999 |
A computer implemented tool forecasts the spot price of electric power in a deregulated market and the amounts of power that may be traded in this market. Using generating capacities of multiple utilities,... |
| 5963650 |
Method and apparatus for a customizable low power RF telemetry system with high performance reduced data rate |
| Oct-5-1999 |
A customizable data acquisition device (DA) and a data collection system (DCS). The DA is remotely located for attachment to a variety of I/O devices, and uses an RF transceiver with a primary cache. A... |
| 5940504 |
Licensing management system and method in which datagrams including an address of a licensee and indicative of use of a licensed product are sent from the licensee's site |
| Aug-17-1999 |
A license management system and method for recording the use of a licensed product, and for controlling its use in accordance with the terms of the license. A licensed product invokes a license check monitor... |
| 5930779 |
Web based system and method to automate storage of power plant data and calculation of battery reserves |
| Jul-27-1999 |
A system and method for remotely inputting power plant data into a database and for calculating reserve times for which power plants can supply power to consumer equipment. The system includes a data input... |
| 5842187 |
Electricity monitoring system |
| Nov-24-1998 |
An apparatus associated with a public electricity distribution network to determine charges for the supplied electricity where the period during which consumption is measured (the metered period) is longer... |
| 5758331 |
Computer-assisted sales system for utilities |
| May-26-1998 |
A computer-based system for generating customized proposals relating to consumption and cost of utilities. The system receives and stores information related to a utility company's services and conservation... |
| 5737730 |
Measuring process for measuring chargeable electrical consumption from an electrical network and electronic electricity meter |
| Apr-7-1998 |
A process for measuring electricity consumption, especially suitable for small consumers, comprises the steps of continuously measuring consumer current, integrating the current with time to obtain a value... |
| 5717604 |
Network monitoring system for tracking, billing and recovering licenses |
| Feb-10-1998 |
A network monitoring system operates on a computer including processor for running a multi-tasking operating system capable of having active and inactive windows. The computer is connected to a server... |
| 5699276 |
Utility meter providing an interface between a digital network and home electronics |
| Dec-16-1997 |
A utility meter interface apparatus is connected between a utility company and a home. The utility meter interface includes a utility meter for measuring utility usage and a computer located external to... |
| 5682325 |
Level 1 gateway for video tone networks |
| Oct-28-1997 |
In advanced digital networks for providing selective point-to-point communications between subscribers terminals and broadband server equipment operated by a plurality of independent information service... |
| 5646858 |
Heat apportionment system |
| Jul-8-1997 |
Apportioning energy costs among units by sensing a heat exchange for at least one heat exchanger in each unit. In response to this sensing, a value corresponding to an amount of heat provided by the heat... |
| 5621654 |
System and method for economic dispatching of electrical power |
| Apr-15-1997 |
The present invention relates to methods and systems for economically dispatching electrical power. The present invention utilizes real-time heat rates for a plurality of power generating units, e.g.,... |
| 5602744 |
Universal send/receive utility usage data gathering system |
| Feb-11-1997 |
A utility usage data gathering system that is universally capable of operating with any other portion of another usage gathering system is disclosed. The system comprises of major portions, the universal... |
| 5598349 |
Responding to pricing signals from a power supplier using mixed add/shed and profile setback delta schemes |
| Jan-28-1997 |
A method for employing utility-supplied information relies on two schemes for accommodating such pricing information. All subsystems in a building function based on the individual controller responsible... |
| 5566084 |
Process for identifying patterns of electric energy effects of proposed changes, and implementing such changes in the facility to conserve energy |
| Oct-15-1996 |
A process for identifying patterns of electric energy consumption and demand in a facility and determining possible changes in the facility for energy conservation, using monthly electric billing data... |
