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Web bridged energy management system and method
Assignee: France Brevets SAS
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Filing: 2000-09-28
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Granted: 2003-10-21
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Expires: 2020-09-28
Abstract
Abstract An web-bridged energy and facilities management system and method is provided wherein a user of an individual system may be automatically logged into multiple different systems. The system also permits data from many individual sites to be accumulated at a single site, data from one site to be distributed to many sites and a pyramid arrangement to be used. The system permits individual energy management sites to be connected together using the web bridge.
Inventors
- 👤 Dale M. Fong
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 20:35
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/06; G01; G01R; G01R22/00; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/06; H; H02; H02J; H02J13/00; H02J13/12; H02J13/13; H02J13/1337; H02J13/14; H02J3/00; H02J3/008; G01R19/00; G01R19/25; G01R19/2513; H02J2105/00; H02J2105/10; H02J2105/12; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02P; Y02P80/00; Y02P80/10; Y02P80/14; Y04; Y04S; Y04S40/00; Y04S40/12; Y04S40/128; Y04S50/00; Y04S50/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
195 words
An apparatus for sharing energy management data over a computer network, comprising: one or more energy management systems that each collect energy management data; one or more web bridge devices wherein each web bridge device connects an energy management system to the computer network so that a predetermined configuration of energy management systems is formed; means for authenticating a user onto a first energy management system using an identification wherein the user accesses the system using a client system; means for caching the identification of the user, wherein the caching means comprises means for caching the user identification in a browser application being executed by the client system being used by the user; and means for automatically authenticating the user to a second energy management system in the predetermined configuration by providing the cached identification to the other energy management system so that energy management data is shared between the energy management systems in the configuration, wherein the predetermined configuration comprises a pyramid having a destination energy management system and one or more levels of source energy management systems wherein data from the source energy management systems is aggregated in the destination energy management system.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
195 words
An apparatus for sharing energy management data over a computer network, comprising: one or more energy management systems that each collect energy management data; one or more web bridge devices wherein each web bridge device connects an energy management system to the computer network so that a predetermined configuration of energy management systems is formed; means for authenticating a user onto a first energy management system using an identification wherein the user accesses the system using a client system; means for caching the identification of the user, wherein the caching means comprises means for caching the user identification in a browser application being executed by the client system being used by the user; and means for automatically authenticating the user to a second energy management system in the predetermined configuration by providing the cached identification to the other energy management system so that energy management data is shared between the energy management systems in the configuration, wherein the predetermined configuration comprises a pyramid having a destination energy management system and one or more levels of source energy management systems wherein data from the source energy management systems is aggregated in the destination energy management system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the automatic authentication means further comprises means for generating a cross reference table for the user that uniquely maps pieces of data in the first energy management system to pieces of data in the second energy management system so that the user accesses pieces of data on the second energy management system.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined configuration comprises one or more source energy management systems connected to a destination energy management system to collect energy management data at the destination energy management system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined configuration comprises one or more destination energy management systems connected to a source energy management system to disseminate energy management data from the source energy management system to the destination energy management systems.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein each energy management system has a unique uniform resource locator (URL) and wherein the cross-reference table further comprises means for generating a unique identifier for each piece of data comprising the URL of the energy management system that originated the piece of data and a PointID that uniquely identifies the piece of data in the originating energy management system.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
180 words
A method for sharing energy management data over a computer network, comprising: collecting energy management data at one or more energy management systems; connecting each energy management system to a computer network using a web bridge device so that a predetermined configuration of energy management systems is formed; authenticating a user onto a first energy management system using an identification wherein the user accesses the system using a client system; caching the identification of the user, wherein the caching further comprises caching the user identification in a browser application being executed by the client system being used by the user; and automatically authenticating the user to a second energy management system in the predetermined configuration by providing the cached identification to the other energy management system so that energy management data is shared between the energy management systems in the configuration, wherein the predetermined configuration comprises a pyramid having a destination energy management system and one or more levels of source energy management systems wherein data from the source energy management systems is aggregated in the destination energy management system.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
180 words
A method for sharing energy management data over a computer network, comprising: collecting energy management data at one or more energy management systems; connecting each energy management system to a computer network using a web bridge device so that a predetermined configuration of energy management systems is formed; authenticating a user onto a first energy management system using an identification wherein the user accesses the system using a client system; caching the identification of the user, wherein the caching further comprises caching the user identification in a browser application being executed by the client system being used by the user; and automatically authenticating the user to a second energy management system in the predetermined configuration by providing the cached identification to the other energy management system so that energy management data is shared between the energy management systems in the configuration, wherein the predetermined configuration comprises a pyramid having a destination energy management system and one or more levels of source energy management systems wherein data from the source energy management systems is aggregated in the destination energy management system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein the automatic authentication further comprises generating a cross reference table for the user that uniquely maps pieces of data in the first energy management system to pieces of data in the second energy management system so that the user accesses pieces of data on the second energy management system.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein the predetermined configuration comprises one or more source energy management'systems connected to a destination energy management system to collect energy management data at the destination energy management system.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein the predetermined configuration comprises one or more destination energy management systems connected to a source energy management system to disseminate energy management data from the source energy management system to the destination energy management systems.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein each energy management system has a unique uniform resource locator (URL) and wherein the cross-reference table further comprises generating a unique identifier for each piece of data comprising the URL of the energy management system that originated the piece of data and a PointID that uniquely identifies the piece of data in the originating energy management system.
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