Abstract: A method for operating one or more service systems performed in a memory of an analyzing entity (AE) includes a) receiving, by an input interface of the AE, one or more control requests for controlling one or more resources of at least one of the one or more service systems; b) assessing, by the AE, an impact on the one or more service systems of the one or more control requests by checking an effect on already performed control requests for resources of the one or more service systems when the one or more control requests would be performed on one or more of the resources of the at least one of one or more service systems; and c) checking, by the AE, if the assessed impact violates one or more adverse situation rules (ASR).

Abstract: A method for operating a thermal system, wherein a component of a facility or building has to be heated and/or cooled by the thermal system, includes selecting a control mode of the thermal system for bringing and/or maintaining the component to or at a definable temperature value or to or within a definable temperature value range. The control mode is dynamically selected from multiple different control modes under consideration of at least one boundary condition of the component and/or at least one environmental context parameter and under consideration of data regarding learnt/adapted thermal behavior of the component.

Abstract: A method for controlling energy supply to a client, wherein the client is connected to at least two energy utilities and/or energy grids for receiving energy for operating its energy systems, includes providing a demand request signal by at least one operation unit and/or by at least one of the at least two energy utilities and/or energy grids for requesting a demand modification with regard to at least one energy system of the client. A functional entity balances the energy supply to the client, so that a supply of energy from the at least two energy utilities or energy grids to the client is provided under consideration of the demand request signal or signals in a complementary way.

Abstract: A method for operating one or more service systems by an analyzing computer including a memory and a processor includes receiving one or more received control requests (RCR) for controlling one or more resources of one or more service systems and anticipating one or more future control requests (ACR) based on one or more of the RCR, one or more prior stored control requests, and/or one or more already served control requests (SCR). The method further includes assessing an impact of selected control requests (CR) on resources of the one or more service systems, wherein the selected CR include one or more of the RCR and/or one or more of the ACR. In addition, the method includes determining, by the AE, that an assessed impact of at least one of the selected CR results in one or more adverse situation rules (ASR) violations.

Abstract: A method for controlling energy supply to different units includes receiving, by an aggregator, the demand request signal, and performing, by the aggregator, an allocation of the requested demand modification to the units based on a negotiating process with the units for minimizing an impact of the allocation on a future operation of another utility or of other utilities. Each unit is connected to multiple utilities for receiving enemy for operating its energy systems. A demand request signal is provided by at least one operational entity and/or by at least one utility for requesting a demand modification of a utility and/or of one form of energy.

Abstract: A method for operating one or more service systems by an analyzing computer including a memory and a processor includes receiving one or more received control requests (RCR) for controlling one or more resources of one or more service systems and anticipating one or more future control requests (ACR) based on one or more of the RCR, one or more prior stored control requests, and/or one or more already served control requests (SCR). The method further includes assessing an impact of selected control requests (CR) on resources of the one or more service systems, wherein the selected CR include one or more of the RCR and/or one or more of the ACR. In addition, the method includes determining, by the AE, that an assessed impact of at least one of the selected CR results in one or more adverse situation rules (ASR) violations.

Abstract: A method controls load balancing within an energy system that includes a renewable energy source for sharing local renewable energy consumption between a predetermined number of users who operate time delay-tolerant loads and a back-up energy source for providing back-up energy. Use cases of appliances of the users are defined by power profiles that are in each case based on a duration and energy consumption of a task or an array of subtasks. One or more use cases has a user specified deadline. A scheduler, in a first level, performs a control of load balancing by scheduling or time-shifting use of the loads so as to provide a start time assignment for each of the tasks or sub tasks based on a maximization of the local renewable energy consumption among the users. The scheduler, in a second level, assigns the renewable energy to the appliances using the start time assignments.

Abstract: A method for operating one or more service systems includes receiving, by an input interface of the AE, one or more control requests for controlling one or more resources of one or more service systems, anticipating, by the AE, one or more future control requests (ACR), based on the one or more received control requests (RCR), prior stored control requests, and/or served control requests, and assessing, by the AE, an impact on the one or more service systems by checking an effect of selected control requests (CR), on resources of the one or more service systems, wherein the CR include at least one of the RCR, one or more already served control requests (SCR), and the ACR, when the CR would be performed on one or more of the resources of the at least one of the one or more service systems.

Abstract: A system and method perform electricity and heat load balancing within a community of energy nodes. The system includes a central control device to solve an optimization problem over a planning horizon and to run an allocation algorithm. Local agent devices communicate with the central control device. Each local agent device receives input parameters from an energy node. Each energy node includes electricity generation equipment, electrical heat-generating equipment, and power transmission equipment, electricity storage equipment and thermal storage equipment. The local agent devices operate the electrical heat-generating equipment based on an allocation instruction received from the central control device. The central control device receives status information from the local agent devices to determine an amount of energy to be converted from electricity to heat by the electrical heat-generating equipment of the energy nodes, to provide the allocation instruction to the energy nodes.

Abstract: A method for operating one or more service systems includes receiving, by an input interface of the AE, one or more control requests for controlling one or more resources of one or more service systems, anticipating, by the AE, one or more future control requests (ACR), based on the one or more received control requests (RCR), prior stored control requests, and/or served control requests, and assessing, by the AE, an impact on the one or more service systems by checking an effect of selected control requests (CR), on resources of the one or more service systems, wherein the CR include at least one of the RCR, one or more already served control requests (SCR), and the ACR, when the CR would be performed on one or more of the resources of the at least one of the one or more service systems.

Abstract: A method for operating one or more service systems performed in a memory of an analyzing entity (AE) includes a) receiving, by an input interface of the AE, one or more control requests for controlling one or more resources of at least one of the one or more service systems; b) assessing, by the AE, an impact on the one or more service systems of the one or more control requests by checking an effect on already performed control requests for resources of the one or more service systems when the one or more control requests would be performed on one or more of the resources of the at least one of one or more service systems; and c) checking, by the AE, if the assessed impact violates one or more adverse situation rules (ASR).

Abstract: A method for controlling energy supply to a client, wherein the client is connected to at least two energy utilities and/or energy grids for receiving energy for operating its energy systems, includes providing a demand request signal by at least one operation unit and/or by at least one of the at least two energy utilities and/or energy grids for requesting a demand modification with regard to at least one energy system of the client. A functional entity balances the energy supply to the client, so that a supply of energy from the at least two energy utilities or energy grids to the client is provided under consideration of the demand request signal or signals in a complementary way.

Abstract: A method for operating a thermal system, wherein a component of a facility or building has to be heated and/or cooled by the thermal system, includes selecting a control mode of the thermal system for bringing and/or maintaining the component to or at a definable temperature value or to or within a definable temperature value range. The control mode is dynamically selected from multiple different control modes under consideration of at least one boundary condition of the component and/or at least one environmental context parameter and under consideration of data regarding learnt/adapted thermal behaviour of the component.

Abstract: A method for controlling energy supply to different units includes receiving, by an aggregator, the demand request signal, and performing, by the aggregator, an allocation of the requested demand modification to the units based on a negotiating process with the units for minimizing an impact of the allocation on a future operation of another utility or of other utilities. Each unit is connected to multiple utilities for receiving enemy for operating its energy systems. A demand request signal is provided by at least one operational entity and/or by at least one utility for requesting a demand modification of a utility and/or of one form of energy.

Abstract: A method for load balancing of charging stations for mobile loads within a charging stations network includes performing, based on a prediction of a charging demand of the mobile loads, a distribution of an energy-power-range limitation (?E, ?P)p, lim for each of the charging stations p under consideration of a definable optimization parameter, wherein p=1, . . . , n and wherein n and p are integers. Under consideration of the distribution, an adaptation and/or selection of at least one transportation parameter of a mobile load is performed so as to at least partially fulfill the energy-power-range limitation (?E, ?P)p, lim for each of the charging stations p or for a definable number of the charging stations p.

Abstract: A method controls load balancing within an energy system that includes a renewable energy source for sharing local renewable energy consumption between a predetermined number of users who operate time delay-tolerant loads and a back-up energy source for providing back-up energy. Use cases of appliances of the users are defined by power profiles that are in each case based on a duration and energy consumption of a task or an array of subtasks. One or more use cases has a user specified deadline, A scheduler, in a first level, performs a control of load balancing by scheduling or time-shifting use of the loads so as to provide a start time assignment for each of the tasks or sub tasks based on a maximization of the local renewable energy consumption among the users. The scheduler, in a second level, assigns the renewable energy to the appliances using the start time assignments.

Abstract: A system and method perform electricity and heat load balancing within a community of energy nodes. The system includes a central control device to solve an optimization problem over a planning horizon and to run an allocation algorithm. Local agent devices communicate with the central control device. Each local agent device receives input parameters from an energy node. Each energy node includes electricity generation equipment, electrical heat-generating equipment, and power transmission equipment, electricity storage equipment and thermal storage equipment. The local agent devices operate the electrical heat-generating equipment based on an allocation instruction received from the central control device. The central control device receives status information from the local agent devices to determine an amount of energy to be converted from electricity to heat by the electrical heat-generating equipment of the energy nodes, to provide the allocation instruction to the energy nodes.

Abstract: A method for distributing contents to several users, wherein users are interconnected as members of one or more groups and wherein the group members can be pre-arranged from the user side is characterized in that based on his context a user can select one or more content from offered contents, in that the selected contents are dynamically personalized by taking advantage of a correlation of selected contents on the one hand and a group on the other hand by embedding communication triggers into the contents to initiate a communication with a group, and in that the personalized group-related contents are pushed to the members of the group.

Abstract: The invention provides a presence information providing system providing suitable presence information for each application using a presence service without providing a special apparatus on the existing presence service side, and a method and a server thereof. A presence processing server 30 connected between a presence server 10A and a presence server 10B processes presence information of a client A received from the presence server 10A and presence information of a client B received from the presence server 10B into suitable presence information for each application.

Abstract: A method for dynamically initiated interactive group communication between several participants concerning a process offered by an organizer includes: definition and conditioning of the process according to parameters that can freely be defined by the organizer, selection of the resource(s) to display the process, definition of target persons or groups and call by the organizer for participation/registration, registration by interested persons, acceptance of the registration and definition of group of participants according to criteria which can be pre-set by the organizer, start of the interactive communication depending on the organizer, on one or more participants or on an event, specification of a process content, enforcement of the interactive communication with regard to the communication rules and completion of the communication when reaching a result which is defined or can be defined or influenced by the organizer or by one or more participants in the course of the communication.