Patents by Inventor Conor MULLANEY

Conor MULLANEY 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).

  • Methods and systems for peer-to-peer energy trading
    Patent number: 12387263
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more nodes in a network of nodes, the network of nodes hosting a first private distributed ledger, the method comprising: receiving from one or more members of a first community, a bid to buy or sell energy for use in an energy usage cycle; recording the bids as transactions on the private distributed ledger, the transactions recorded on the private distributed ledger being visible to members of the first community only; and determining, using the one or more smart contracts, and based on the received bid(s), an indication of one or more parties with whom the respective members of the first community are to trade energy for the energy usage cycle; wherein the one or more smart contracts are anchored to a public distributed ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Conor Mullaney, Adnan Aijaz
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PEER-TO-PEER ENERGY TRADING
    Publication number: 20250037197
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more nodes in a network of nodes, the network of nodes hosting a first private distributed ledger, the method comprising: receiving from one or more members of a first community, a bid to buy or sell energy for use in an energy usage cycle; recording the bids as transactions on the private distributed ledger, the transactions recorded on the private distributed ledger being visible to members of the first community only; and determining, using the one or more smart contracts, and based on the received bid(s), an indication of one or more parties with whom the respective members of the first community are to trade energy for the energy usage cycle; wherein the one or more smart contracts are anchored to a public distributed ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Conor MULLANEY, Adnan AIJAZ