Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110299684 | SMART ENERGY NETWORK CONFIGURATION USING AN AUXILIARY GATEWAY - Various embodiments include a method and system for configuring a smart energy network using an auxiliary gateway where an auxiliary gateway is capable of communicating with an energy services interface and a link key database. The auxiliary gateway, on a smart energy network, extracts the unique identifier from a communication related to the smart energy device. The auxiliary gateway may then use the unique identifier to retrieve the smart energy device information from the link key database and communicate the smart energy device information to the energy services interface. The energy services interface may then use the smart energy device information to decrypt a communication from the smart energy device or access manufacturer specific functionality of the smart energy device. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302190 | SMART ENERGY NETWORK CONFIGURATION USING LINK KEY DATABASE - Various embodiments include a method and system for configuring a smart energy network using a link key database. An energy services interface, on the smart energy network, extracts a unique identifier associated with a smart energy device from a communication with the smart energy device. The energy services interface may then use the unique identifier to receive information associated with the smart energy device from the link key database. | 12-08-2011 |
20110316717 | VIRTUAL SMART ENERGY METER WITH INTEGRATED PLUG - Various embodiments include a virtual meter. The virtual meter includes a controller configured to communicate, with a utility meter, meter information, using a first communications protocol. The controller may also be configured to translate between the meter information and virtual meter information. The controller may further be configured to communicate, with a smart energy network, the virtual meter information using a second communications protocol. Other devices and methods are disclosed. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320636 | SMART ENERGY GATEWAY WITH INTEGRATED PLUG - Various embodiments include a smart energy gateway. The smart energy gateway includes a housing and a power plug integrated into the housing. The smart energy gateway can be mounted to an electrical outlet via the power plug. The smart energy gateway also includes a controller configured to accept transmissions from a smart energy network and communicate a subset of the transmissions to an external network. Other devices and methods are disclosed. | 12-29-2011 |
20120298763 | DISTRIBUTED NETWORKED THERMOSTAT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Various embodiments include methods and systems for a distributed networked device controller such as a thermostat. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303828 | CLOUD ENABLED VIRTUAL GATEWAY - Various embodiments include methods and systems for a cloud enabled virtual gateway. The virtual gateway can masquerade to a cloud-based application as a gateway at a geographic location. The virtual gateway can also receive a request from the cloud-based application for a device at the geographic location. The virtual gateway can then communicate with a third-party system to satisfy the request where the third-party system is communicatively coupled to the device. | 11-29-2012 |
20130110996 | SMART ENERGY NETWORK CONFIGURATION USING LINK KEY DATABASE | 05-02-2013 |
20140011483 | VEHICLE BUS ACCESS POINT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of transmitting vehicle information from a vehicle to a server across an external network. A vehicle bus connector module is plugged into a vehicle bus through the vehicle's vehicle bus connector. The vehicle bus connector module is also communicatively connected to a personal communications device. Vehicle information is collected from the vehicle bus and combined with information captured by the personal communications device to form a driver log. The driver log is transmitted to the server via the external network. | 01-09-2014 |