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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Marc Karl Losee, Woodstock, GA (US);

Vernon Meadows, Lilburn, GA (US);

Jerry Steven Massey, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Kamal Kumar Arvind, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 9/06 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/34 (2013.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 9/06 (2013.01); H02J 13/0006 (2013.01); H02J 2003/146 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y02B 90/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/12 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/224 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device includes a network interface and a processor. The network interface is configured to receive one or more preferences of a customer related to the charging of at least one backup device of the consumer. The network interface is also configured to receive at least one notification of at least one predicted power disturbance. The processor is configured to utilize the one or more consumer preferences and the at least one notification to generate a charging schedule of the at least one backup device and to generate one or more charging notifications for charging the at least one backup device. The one or more charging notifications are based on the charging schedule.


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