Patents by Inventor Paul Bernard Duffy

Paul Bernard Duffy 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).

  • Adaptive control of power grid operations based on energy profiles
    Patent number: 9088179
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an energy manager determines respective energy profiles of one or more local end-devices for which the energy manager is responsible. Through communication between a power grid controller and the energy manager, one or more aspects of power grid operations may be controlled based on the communicating and the respective energy profiles. For example, in one embodiment, upon receiving a global demand response (DR) request, the energy manager determines respective specific DR control for the one or more local end-devices based on the received DR request and the respective energy profiles, and transmits the respective specific DR control to the one or more local end-devices, accordingly. In another embodiment, power grid operations may be stabilized based on the respective energy profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, Paul Bernard Duffy
  • ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF POWER GRID OPERATIONS BASED ON ENERGY PROFILES
    Publication number: 20130054044
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an energy manager determines respective energy profiles of one or more local end-devices for which the energy manager is responsible. Through communication between a power grid controller and the energy manager, one or more aspects of power grid operations may be controlled based on the communicating and the respective energy profiles. For example, in one embodiment, upon receiving a global demand response (DR) request, the energy manager determines respective specific DR control for the one or more local end-devices based on the received DR request and the respective energy profiles, and transmits the respective specific DR control to the one or more local end-devices, accordingly. In another embodiment, power grid operations may be stabilized based on the respective energy profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, Paul Bernard Duffy