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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:
Dec. 28, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Howard N. Anglin, Leander, TX (US);

Su Liu, Austin, TX (US);

Fehmina Merchant, Irvine, CA (US);

Leucir Marin, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); H02J 13/00007 (2020.01); G05F 1/66 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for tracking and targeting particular energy sources in an electrical grid is provided. A processor stores information regarding units of produced energy as transactions in a blockchain. A processor receives, from an endpoint device of a plurality of endpoint devices connected to a power grid, a request for a unit of energy represented in the blockchain. A processor sends an indication, to the endpoint device, that the endpoint device is permitted to consume the unit of energy from the power grid. A processor updates the blockchain to record the consumption of the unit of energy.


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