Patents by Inventor Jason D. Sheppard

Jason D. Sheppard 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).

  • Intra-device communications architecture for managing electrical power distribution and consumption
    Patent number: 6961641
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Power Measurement Ltd.
    Inventors: Bradford J. Forth, Peter C. Cowan, David W. Giles, Chuen Shan Simon Ki, Jason D. Sheppard, John C. Van Gorp, Jeffrey W. Yeo, Michael E. Teachman, Bryan J. Gilbert, Ronald G. Hart