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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:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin P. Franklin, Jr., Jasper, GA (US);

Kenny C. Gross, Escondido, CA (US);

Cornell Thomas Eyford, III, Ridgefield, WA (US);

Bradley R. Williams, Brush Prairie, WA (US);

Assignee:

Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0206 (2013.01);
Abstract

During operation, the system receives a set of input signals containing electrical usage data from a set of smart meters, which gather electrical usage data from customers of the utility system. The system uses the set of input signals and a projection technique to produce projected loadshapes, which are associated with electricity usage in the utility system. Next, the system identifies a closest time period in a database containing recent empirically obtained load-related parameters for the utility system, wherein the load-related parameters in the closest time period are closest to a present set of load-related parameters for the utility system. The system then iteratively adjusts the projected loadshapes based on changes indicated by the load-related parameters in the closest time period until a magnitude of adjustments falls below a threshold. Finally, the system predicts electricity demand for the utility system based on the projected loadshapes.


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