Patents by Inventor Costas Efthymiou
Costas Efthymiou 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: 10557721Abstract: A device comprising an input for obtaining consumption data relating to the consumption of a utility provided by a utility provider, an output for outputting modified consumption data and a processor arranged to generate the modified consumption data based on obtained consumption data so that the modified consumption data starts to converge with the obtained consumption data if a deviation of the obtained consumption data from the modified consumption data exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Georgios Kalogridis, Costas Efthymiou, Mahesh Sooriyabandara
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Patent number: 9383224Abstract: A system comprising a data collector and a plurality of end consumers connected to and supplied with a utility by a utility distribution station. Each end consumer comprises a metering device arranged to meter the end consumer's consumption of the utility supplied by the distribution station. The metering device is arranged to report consumption data to the data collector using a high frequency ID, the high frequency ID being anonymous so that the consumption data reported by the metering device together with the high frequency ID is not able to be associated to a particular metering device and to report the consumption data to the data collector using a low frequency ID so that the consumption data reported by the metering device together with the low frequency ID is able to be attributed to a particular metering device. The data collector stores IDs and is arranged to only accept consumption data carrying a said stored ID.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Costas Efthymiou, Georgios Kalogridis
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Patent number: 9292803Abstract: According to an embodiment there is provided a system comprising an input for connecting the system to a power supply, at least one further power source, at least one power consumer, an identifying unit arranged to identify, based on information originating from within the system, an ongoing and/or future power consumption event by the at least one power consumer and a power router that comprises a controller and that is arranged to route power to the power consumer from at least one of the power supply and the at least one further power source, the power router storing rules that define at least part of the routing operation of the router. The power router is arranged to route power to an power consumer in accordance with the rules so that at least a part of the power consumed by the power consumer during the power consumption event is provided by the at least one power source, rather than through the input, in response to the identifying unit identifying a power consumption event.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Georgios Kalogridis, Costas Efthymiou
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Patent number: 8719429Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for optimising a communications network (101) comprising a plurality of heterogeneous network resources. The method comprises receiving a communication request from a device (106a, 106b, 105, 107a, 107b) for setting up a communication through one of a plurality of heterogeneous network resources; selecting, in accordance with at least one communication characteristic, a network resource of the plurality of network resources through which the communication is to be set-up; and establishing the communication through the selected network resource.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Costas Efthymiou, Georgios Kalogridis
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Publication number: 20110267202Abstract: A system comprising a data collector and a plurality of end consumers connected to and supplied with a utility by a utility distribution station. Each end consumer comprises a metering device arranged to meter the end consumer's consumption of the utility supplied by the distribution station. The metering device is arranged to report consumption data to the data collector using a high frequency ID, the high frequency ID being anonymous so that the consumption data reported by the metering device together with the high frequency ID is not able to be associated to a particular metering device and to report the consumption data to the data collector using a low frequency ID so that the consumption data reported by the metering device together with the low frequency ID is able to be attributed to a particular metering device. The data collector stores IDs and is arranged to only accept consumption data carrying a said stored ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Costas Efthymiou, Georgios Kalogridis
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Publication number: 20110271352Abstract: A device comprising an input for obtaining consumption data relating to the consumption of a utility provided by a utility provider, an output for outputting modified consumption data and a processor arranged to generate the modified consumption data based on obtained consumption data so that the modified consumption data starts to converge with the obtained consumption data if a deviation of the obtained consumption data from the modified consumption data exceeds a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Georgios KALOGRIDIS, Costas EFTHYMIOU, Mahesh SOORIYABANDARA
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Publication number: 20110270453Abstract: According to an embodiment there is provided a system comprising an input for connecting the system to a power supply, at least one further power source, at least one power consumer, an identifying unit arranged to identify, based on information originating from within the system, an ongoing and/or future power consumption event by the at least one power consumer and a power router that comprises a controller and that is arranged to route power to the power consumer from at least one of the power supply and the at least one further power source, the power router storing rules that define at least part of the routing operation of the router. The power router is arranged to route power to an power consumer in accordance with the rules so that at least a part of the power consumed by the power consumer during the power consumption event is provided by the at least one power source, rather than through the input, in response to the identifying unit identifying a power consumption event.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Georgios KALOGRIDIS, Costas Efthymiou
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Publication number: 20110258319Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for optimising a communications network (101) comprising a plurality of heterogeneous network resources. The method comprises receiving a communication request from a device (106a, 106b, 105, 107a, 107b) for setting up a communication through one of a plurality of heterogeneous network resources; selecting, in accordance with at least one communication characteristic, a network resource of the plurality of network resources through which the communication is to be set-up; and establishing the communication through the selected network resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Costas Efthymiou, Georgios Kalogridis