Patents by Inventor Andrew W. Blackett
Andrew W. Blackett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7761910Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system. The IED's are linked via a network to back-end servers. Security mechanisms are further provided which protect and otherwise ensure the authenticity of communications transmitted via the network in furtherance of the management of the distribution and consumption of electrical power by the architecture. In particular, public key cryptography is employed to identify components of the architecture and provide for secure communication of power management data among those components. Further, certificates and certificate authorities are utilized to further ensure integrity of the security mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Power Measurement Ltd.Inventors: Douglas S. Ransom, Eric K. Haight, Andrew W. Blackett, David A. Chivers, Anthony J. Howe, Benedikt T. Huber, Brian T. Nakagawa, John C. Van Gorp
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Patent number: 7734380Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system using real time communications. Power management application software and/or hardware components operate on the IED's and the back-end servers and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The architecture provides a scalable and cost effective framework of hardware and software upon which such power management applications can operate to manage the distribution and consumption of electrical power by one or more utilities/suppliers and/or customers which provide and utilize the power distribution system.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2003Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Power Measurement Ltd.Inventors: Douglas S. Ransom, Martin A. Hancock, Ronald G. Hart, J. Bradford Forth, Michael E. Teachman, Andrew W. Blackett
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Patent number: 6990395Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system that includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system is disclosed. The IED's are linked via a network. Power management application components operate on the IED's, and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The architecture provides a secure framework of hardware and software upon which such power management applications can operate to manage the distribution and consumption of electrical power by one or more utilities/suppliers and/or customers which provide and utilize the power distribution system. In particular, each IED is capable of establishing multiple encryption keys that confer different access rights on the IED. The encryption keys affect access to commands that the IED receives and restricts access to communications that the IED sends out over the network.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2003Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: Power Measurement Ltd.Inventors: Douglas S. Ransom, Andrew W. Blackett, J. Bradford Forth
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Patent number: 6988025Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system. The IED's are linked via a network to back-end servers. Power management application components operate on the IED's, the back-end servers and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The architecture provides a scalable and cost effective framework of hardware and software upon which such power management applications can operate to manage the distribution and consumption of electrical power by one or more utilities/suppliers and/or customers which provide and utilize the power distribution system.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Power Measurement Ltd.Inventors: Douglas S. Ransom, Andrew W. Blackett, J. Bradford Forth
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Patent number: 6944555Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system using real time communications. Power management application software and/or hardware components operate on the IED's and the back-end servers and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The architecture provides a scalable and cost effective framework of hardware and software upon which such power management applications can operate to manage the distribution and consumption of electrical power by one or more utilities/suppliers and/or customers which provide and utilize the power distribution system.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Power Measurement Ltd.Inventors: Andrew W. Blackett, Michael E. Teachman, Bradford J. Forth
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Patent number: 6792337Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) with the capability to monitor and control attached slave devices, and provide capability to communicate between multiple devices in a variety of communication protocols. A master IED in the master/slave architecture performs power management functions on the data received from the slave IED's. Further, the IED's with master functionality provide web server capabilities, allowing a user to view processed data over an open Internet protocol, such as HTTP (“Hyper Text Transfer Protocol”).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Power Measurement Ltd.Inventors: Andrew W. Blackett, Bryan J. Gilbert, Martin A. Hancock
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Publication number: 20040138834Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system using real time communications. Power management application software and/or hardware components operate on the IED's and the back-end servers and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The architecture provides a scalable and cost effective framework of hardware and software upon which such power management applications can operate to manage the distribution and consumption of electrical power by one or more utilities/suppliers and/or customers which provide and utilize the power distribution system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2001Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Andrew W. Blackett, Michael E. Teachman, Bradford J. Forth
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Publication number: 20040138786Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) with the capability to monitor and control attached slave devices, and provide capability to communicate between multiple devices in a variety of communication protocols. A master IED in the master/slave architecture performs power management functions on the data received from the slave IED's. Further, the IED's with master functionality provide web server capabilities, allowing a user to view processed data over an open Internet protocol, such as HTTP (“Hyper Text Transfer Protocol”).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2001Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: Power Measurement, Ltd.Inventors: Andrew W. Blackett, Bryan J. Gilbert, Martin A. Hancock
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Publication number: 20040138787Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system. The IED's are linked via a network to back-end servers. Power management application software and/or hardware components operate on the IED's and the back-end servers and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The architecture provides a scalable and cost effective framework of hardware and software upon which such power management applications can operate to manage the distribution and consumption of electrical power by one or more utilities/suppliers and/or customers which provide and utilize the power distribution system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: Power Measurement LTD.Inventors: Douglas S. Ransom, Andrew W. Blackett, J. Bradford Forth
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Publication number: 20040138835Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system using real time communications. Power management application software and/or hardware components operate on the IED's and the back-end servers and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The architecture provides a scalable and cost effective framework of hardware and software upon which such power management applications can operate to manage the distribution and consumption of electrical power by one or more utilities/suppliers and/or customers which provide and utilize the power distribution system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: Power Measurement Ltd.Inventors: Douglas S. Ransom, Martin A. Hancock, Ronald G. Hart, J. Bradford Forth, Michael E. Teachman, Andrew W. Blackett
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Patent number: 6751562Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system. The IED's are linked via a network to back-end servers. Power management application software and/or hardware components operate on the IED's and the back-end servers and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The communications between the IED's and the back-end servers are facilitated through network security devices such as firewalls.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2001Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Power Measurement Ltd.Inventors: Andrew W. Blackett, Bryan J. Gilbert, John C. Van Gorp, Michael E. Teachman, Jeffrey W. Yeo
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Publication number: 20040107025Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system. The IED's are linked via a network to back-end servers. Power management application software and/or hardware components operate on the IED's and the back-end servers and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The architecture provides a scalable and cost effective framework of hardware and software upon which such power management applications can operate to manage the distribution and consumption of electrical power by one or more utilities/suppliers and/or customers which provide and utilize the power distribution system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Inventors: Douglas S. Ransom, Andrew W. Blackett, J. Bradford Forth
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Publication number: 20030204756Abstract: A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and consumption of power from the system using real time communications. Power management application software and/or hardware components operate on the IED's and the back-end servers and inter-operate via the network to implement a power management application. The architecture provides a scalable and cost effective framework of hardware and software upon which such power management applications can operate to manage the distribution and consumption of electrical power by one or more utilities/suppliers and/or customers which provide and utilize the power distribution system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Inventors: Douglas S. Ransom, Martin A. Hancock, Ronald G. Hart, J. Bradford Forth, Michael E. Teachman, Andrew W. Blackett