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Service control method and service control apparatus

US10776176B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2018
Grant dateSep 15, 2020
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY04S50/14
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A service control method and a service control apparatus, where the method includes obtaining, a current electricity grid electricity price and a quantity of to-be-executed services, determining an electricity price threshold according to the quantity of the to-be-executed services, decreasing, by the service control apparatus, a quantity of services that are about to be executed by a first quantity when the current electricity grid electricity price is greater than the electricity price threshold, and executing a service according to a reduced quantity of services that are about to be executed, or increasing, by the service control apparatus, a quantity of services that are about to be executed by a second quantity, and executing a service according to an increased quantity of services that are about to be executed when the current electricity grid electricity price is less than the electricity price threshold.

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