Intelligent Electronic Device Data Collection via HTTP Mediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) face challenges in efficiently collecting, analyzing, and reporting energy data, particularly in enterprise-wide settings, where multiple devices and sources generate complex energy usage patterns that require detailed reporting and billing across various commodities like energy, water, and gas.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a client/server architecture that imports historical energy usage data from IEDs and other sources, normalizes it, and generates customized energy reports, enabling users to analyze energy use, plan load curtailment, and automate billing based on customized rate structures, while allowing for communication between multiple devices and data sources through a network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional IEDs use serial based download commands for data transfer, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity of data collection is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary communication layer that translates between serial commands and HTTP requests. This intermediary component enables the IED to communicate with web servers using standard HTTP protocols while maintaining compatibility with existing serial communication infrastructure, thereby improving data collection efficiency without requiring complete system replacement
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/physical serial communication system with an electronic web-based communication system. By substituting serial download commands with HTTP requests and responses, the system achieves higher productivity through standardized web protocols while reducing the complexity of custom serial communication implementations
2Loss of information
If IEDs transfer data using serial based download commands, then ease of operation is maintained, but loss of information occurs in complex energy usage patterns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the IED capable of multiple communication functions by enabling both traditional serial communication and modern web-based HTTP communication. This multi-functionality allows the device to handle complex energy usage patterns with detailed reporting while maintaining ease of operation through standardized web protocols that are universally supported
3Measurement precision
If enterprise-wide energy management requires detailed reporting from multiple IEDs, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the enterprise-wide energy management system into independent, standardized components where each IED operates autonomously using standard HTTP protocols. This segmentation allows multiple devices to contribute detailed measurements without creating system-wide complexity, as each device handles its own data collection and transmission independently
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AI summary
Systems and methods for collecting, analyzing, billing and reporting data from intelligent electronic devices are provided. Also, systems and methods for managing sensor data are provided. In some embodiments, a system for managing sensor data may include intelligent electronic devices, a server, a plurality of client devices, and a network. Each of the intelligent electronic devices is configured to obtain sensor data related to power parameters distributed to a load. The server is configured to receive the sensor data from the plurality of intelligent electronic devices and store the sensor data in a database. Each client device is configured to retrieve the sensor data from the database. The network enables communication among the server, the plurality of intelligent electronic devices, and the plurality of client devices.