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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2011
Bora A. Akyol, Richland, WA (US);
Jereme Nathan Haack, West Richland, WA (US);
Philip Allen Craig, Jr., West Richland, WA (US);
Cody William Tews, Richland, WA (US);
Anand V. Kulkarni, Richland, WA (US);
Brandon J. Carpenter, Kennewick, WA (US);
Wendy M. Maiden, Pasco, WA (US);
Selim Ciraci, Richland, WA (US);
Bora A. Akyol, Richland, WA (US);
Jereme Nathan Haack, West Richland, WA (US);
Philip Allen Craig, Jr., West Richland, WA (US);
Cody William Tews, Richland, WA (US);
Anand V. Kulkarni, Richland, WA (US);
Brandon J. Carpenter, Kennewick, WA (US);
Wendy M. Maiden, Pasco, WA (US);
Selim Ciraci, Richland, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring and using data in an electric power grid. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises a sensor for measuring an electrical characteristic of a power line, electrical generator, or electrical device; a network interface; a processor; and one or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions. In this embodiment, the computer-executable instructions include instructions for implementing an authorization and authentication module for validating a software agent received at the network interface; instructions for implementing one or more agent execution environments for executing agent code that is included with the software agent and that causes data from the sensor to be collected; and instructions for implementing an agent packaging and instantiation module for storing the collected data in a data container of the software agent and for transmitting the software agent, along with the stored data, to a next destination.