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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2010
Kevin R. Imes, Austin, TX (US);
James Hollister, Round Rock, TX (US);
Kevin R. Imes, Austin, TX (US);
James Hollister, Round Rock, TX (US);
Allure Energy, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
According to an aspect of the disclosure, an energy management apparatus for a home energy management system and method includes a processor operable to manage energy use at a site. The processor is configured to convert an incoming message received from a wireless energy network into XML enabled output data and format an outgoing message to be output to the wireless energy network using XML enabled input data. A communication interface is configured to enable access to a communication device having access to the wireless energy network, wherein the communication interface is further configured to detect the outgoing message formatted by the processor to be output using the wireless energy network; configure the outgoing message to a message bus format, detect the incoming message received from the wireless energy network, and convert the incoming message from the message bus format to access the incoming network device data.