Patents by Inventor Eugenia A. Mitchell

Eugenia A. Mitchell 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).

  • Open access transmission tariff information system
    Patent number: 8195539
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable storage medium for open access transmission tariff management for a utility. The system includes a database for storing a plurality of data pertaining to providing transmission service to wholesale customers, and a computer processor coupled to the database and cooperative with a plurality of subsystems. A first subsystem determines a budget transmission billing rate. A second subsystem estimates revenue from wholesale customers. A third subsystem determines an updated budget transmission billing rate and an updated revenue projection. A fourth subsystem determines an actual transmission billing rate. A fifth subsystem analyzes a billed transmission rate on a periodic basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugenia A. Mitchell, Patrice L. Shaver