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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. 21, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2012
Applicants:

Andrew Peter Henry Mccabe, Wotton-Under-Edge, GB;

Jordi Mcgregor Barr, Bristol, GB;

Inventors:

Andrew Peter Henry McCabe, Wotton-Under-Edge, GB;

Jordi McGregor Barr, Bristol, GB;

Assignee:

BAE SYSTEMS plc, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 3/12 (2006.01); G05F 1/66 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/66 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 3/008 (2013.01); H02J 3/46 (2013.01); Y04S 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for power through a network (), the network () comprising consumer units (C-C) and provider units (P-P), the method comprising: performing one or more times a first process, the first process being a process of performing step (a) followed by step (b); wherein step (a) comprises selecting a previously unselected consumer unit (C-C), thereby providing a currently selected consumer unit; step (b) comprises performing one or more times a second process, the second process being a process of performing (c) followed by step (d); step (c) comprises selecting a previously unselected provider unit (P-P), thereby providing a currently selected provider unit, the currently selected provider unit being connected in the network () to the currently selected consumer unit; and step (d) comprises, from the currently selected provider unit to the currently selected consumer unit, delivering an amount of resource.


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