Demand Response Client Binding via Location Attributes
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing systems for deploying demand response resources face challenges in efficiently associating demand response clients with customer accounts, leading to high costs due to manual data entry and potential ambiguities in location-based binding processes.
Innovation Solution
The system utilizes location attributes, such as GPS coordinates, to automatically associate demand response clients with customer accounts within the demand response management system, reducing manual data entry and ambiguity through automated location determination and input, and allowing for on-site resolution of installation ambiguities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual data entry is used to associate demand response clients with customer accounts, then the binding process can be completed, but the cost and time required increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing demand response clients to automatically provide their own location information through GPS coordinates or other location-determining devices. The binding process occurs automatically without requiring manual data entry by service provider staff, as the client's device self-submits the necessary location data for association with the customer account.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual data entry process with an automated electronic system. Instead of manually typing and entering location data, the system uses electronic communication channels to automatically transmit location information from the demand response client's device to the service provider's system, eliminating the need for manual mechanical data input.
2Reliability
If manual data entry is used for location binding, then the process can be completed, but errors and ambiguities increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the automated binding process can verify location data against existing customer account information. If there are ambiguities or mismatches between the provided location coordinates and registered addresses, the system can request clarification or correction, ensuring accurate binding while reducing errors through automated verification rather than relying on manual entry accuracy.
3Ease of operation
If automated location determination is implemented, then manual data entry is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves universality by supporting multiple methods for location determination through a single automated binding framework. It can accommodate GPS coordinates, postal addresses, or other location-determining devices, allowing the same system to handle various types of location data without requiring separate manual processes for each method, thereby simplifying operation while managing complexity through a unified approach.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for using attributes to deploy demand response resources. A service provider may provide energy to customers. The provider may via interactions modify consumption of the energy by the customers. Customers that participate in these interactions may be regarded as demand response resources. Interactions may incorporate demand response signals sent to the resources at their respective facilities. Each resource may have a demand response client which has an association with a customer account in a demand response management system of the provider. The association may be regarded as a binding of the demand response client. The binding may involve inputting an attribute of the demand response client, which can be correlated to the customer account. The attribute may be, for example, a location of the demand response client. Such attribute may be used for the association of the demand response client with a proper customer account.