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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:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Orange, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Fabrice Fontaine, Geveze, FR;

Han Yan, Puteaux, FR;

Assignee:

ORANGE, Paris, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/14 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); H02J 13/0017 (2013.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 12/2827 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01); H02J 2003/143 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 2012/284 (2013.01); Y02B 70/325 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3266 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/228 (2013.01); Y04S 20/242 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for managing electricity use of a plurality of household appliances connected within a local communication network and having one or more operating phases. The method includes the following steps, implemented by a data processing module: acquiring information related to the operating phases, in progress or forthcoming, for at least two household appliances, the information related to an operating phase for a household appliance including the power used by the household appliance during the phase; determining, on the basis of the acquired information, at least one operating phase of one of the appliances to be interrupted so as to minimize peak power use; and interrupting the determined operating phase.


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