Residential and small and medium business demand response

US9953285B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FUJITSU LIMITED · JP

Inventors

• Ulrich HERBERG · Sunnyvale, US
• Jorjeta Gueorguieva Jetcheva · San Jose, US
• Daisuke MASHIMA · Sunnyvale, US
• Wei-Peng Chen · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of residential or small and medium business (SMB) demand response (DR) coordination may include receiving a DR event notification from a DR server. The DR event notification may include DR event information pertaining to a DR event and curtailment information. The method may also include communicating a notification acknowledgement to the DR server. The notification acknowledgement may indicate reception of the DR event notification. The method may include displaying a curtailment request pertaining to the DR event. The curtailment request may be based on the curtailment information included in the DR event notification and may include some portion of the DR event information. The method may also include receiving a user input including a DR event participation confirmation or a DR event participation refusal. The method may further include communicating a participation signal representative of at least a portion of the user input to the DR server.