ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS)
    91.
    发明申请
    ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF SERVICE (QoS) 审中-公开
    能源管理与服务质量(QoS)

    公开(公告)号:US20100169227A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-01

    申请号:US12347009

    申请日:2008-12-31

    摘要: Under the present invention, users are provided with the capability to select how energy will be throttled in shortage conditions. For example, users can promise to throttle or cut energy to devices that they consider noncritical (e.g. television, toaster, stereo) in exchange for a promise that the energy company will continue to give them enough to run more essential devices (e.g. lights, well pump, etc.). As users agree to lower usage in response to a energy shortage, they are provided a higher QoS rating than users who do not offer to lower usage. As a shortage worsens, conserving users will be allocated energy before non-conserving users. Enforcement and fulfillment of obligations established in agreements may be automated to ensure compliance.

    摘要翻译: 在本发明中,向用户提供了选择如何在短缺条件下节能的能力。 例如,用户可以承诺节能或削减他们认为不重要的设备(例如电视,烤面包机,立体声),以换取能源公司将继续给予足够的能力来运行更多的基本设备(例如灯光,良好) 泵等)。 由于用户同意在能源短缺的情况下降低使用量,因此与不提供降低使用量的用户相比,它们的QoS评级提高了。 随着短缺的恶化,节约用户将在非保存用户之前获得能源。 执行和履行协议中规定的义务可能会自动化,以确保遵守。

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESEARCHING VIRTUAL MARKETS AND OPTIMIZING PRODUCT PLACEMENTS AND DISPLAYS
    92.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESEARCHING VIRTUAL MARKETS AND OPTIMIZING PRODUCT PLACEMENTS AND DISPLAYS 有权
    用于研究虚拟市场和优化产品展示的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20100145790A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-10

    申请号:US12328405

    申请日:2008-12-04

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G06Q10/00

    摘要: A system and method for researching virtual markets and using the research to optimize product placements and displays. The system includes a monitoring engine configured to monitor information about user reactions and/or at least one product. The system also includes a recommendation engine configured to recommend a location within a virtual universe to display the at least one product based on the information monitored by the monitoring engine and a display engine configured to display the at least one product at a recommended location.

    摘要翻译: 用于研究虚拟市场并利用研究优化产品展示位置和显示的系统和方法。 该系统包括被配置为监视关于用户反应的信息和/或至少一个产品的监视引擎。 该系统还包括被配置为推荐在虚拟宇宙内的位置的推荐引擎,以基于由监视引擎监视的信息显示所述至少一个产品;以及显示引擎,被配置为在推荐位置显示所述至少一个产品。

    FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY
    94.
    发明申请
    FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY 失效
    管理能源消耗的框架

    公开(公告)号:US20100063642A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-11

    申请号:US12208422

    申请日:2008-09-11

    IPC分类号: G05D99/00

    摘要: This invention discloses an intelligent framework for the overall management of energy allocated to components of a system. When conservation is desired or a shortage occurs, it is desirable to modulate energy to components, or to notify components and allow them to modulate themselves. It also discusses the establishment of a standard communications API between entities and components within the system. Among other things, this framework: manages device and entity enrollment into the system; provides an interface to heterogeneous devices; establishes standard communication methods between entities and components; dictates throttling to entities and components when conservation is required; and monitors energy throttling and compliance with modulate requests.

    摘要翻译: 本发明公开了一种用于总体管理分配给系统组件的能量的智能框架。 当需要保护或发生短缺时,期望将能量调节到组分,或者通知组分并允许它们自身调节。 它还讨论了在系统内的实体和组件之间建立标准通信API。 这个框架除其他外:管理设备和实体注册到系统中; 为异构设备提供接口; 建立实体和组件之间的标准通信方法; 要求在需要保护时调节实体和组件; 并监控节能和遵守调节请求。

    PROVIDER-REQUESTED RELOCATION OF COMPUTERIZED WORKLOADS
    95.
    发明申请
    PROVIDER-REQUESTED RELOCATION OF COMPUTERIZED WORKLOADS 审中-公开
    提供计算机工作负载的要求的重新定位

    公开(公告)号:US20100057529A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-04

    申请号:US12203399

    申请日:2008-09-03

    IPC分类号: G06Q50/00

    摘要: Power or energy providers are enabled to request and initiate the relocation of customer computational workloads to other energy providers or other locations during critical situations, such as weather crises, national emergencies, power distribution interruptions, or equipment upsets. Workloads may be pre-registered and automatically relocated by the provider based on conditions of agreements between the provider and the customer. Alternatively, provider-initiated requests may be broadcast to all customers or specified subscribed customers giving them the ability to redirect the workloads as desired. The workloads may be re-allocated based upon such factors as lower costs, time shifts or quality of service contract provisions. The re-allocation serves to minimize or eliminate the potential adverse impact on the customer while maintaining a level of service that is satisfactory to the customer.

    摘要翻译: 在诸如天气危机,国家紧急情况,配电中断或设备故障等关键情况下,电力或能源供应商能够请求并启动将客户计算工作负载重新定位到其他能源供应商或其他位置。 工作量可以根据供应商和客户之间的协议条件由供应商进行预注册并自动重新定位。 或者,提供商发起的请求可以广播给所有客户或指定的订阅客户,使得他们能够根据需要重定向工作负载。 工作量可以根据诸如较低成本,时间间隔或服务质量合同条款等因素重新分配。 重新分配用于最大限度地减少或消除对客户的潜在不利影响,同时保持客户满意的服务水平。

    POWER METADATA TRANSFER OVER POWER LINES
    96.
    发明申请
    POWER METADATA TRANSFER OVER POWER LINES 失效
    电源线上的功率元数据传输

    公开(公告)号:US20100052872A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-04

    申请号:US12203379

    申请日:2008-09-03

    IPC分类号: G05B11/01

    摘要: The transfer and usage of a modulated carrier signal within a power signal on a power line communication system is described. The modulated signal comprises metadata which is transmitted at a different frequency than the transmitted power. The metadata, including such elements as energy costs, providers, renewable source status and originating location, may be used by consumers to make subsequent purchasing decisions. Additionally, the energy costs of any given computer node commonly distributed in a grid architecture may be collected by a workload dispatcher in order to make more accurate cost and energy source based dispatch decisions. The consumer may be able to communicate directly back to the power provider. The use of computer-readable medium and product containing instructions that are implemented on a computer is also covered. Finally, the invention may be deployed on behalf of the consumer by a third party service provider.

    摘要翻译: 描述了在电力线通信系统上的功率信号内的调制载波信号的传送和使用。 调制信号包括以与发送功率不同的频率发送的元数据。 元数据,包括能源成本,供应商,可再生能源状态和原始位置等元素,可被消费者用来作出随后的采购决策。 此外,通常分布在网格架构中的任何给定的计算机节点的能量成本可以由工作负载分派器收集,以便进行更准确的基于成本和能源的调度决策。 消费者可能能够直接回传给电力供应商。 还涵盖使用计算机可读介质和包含在计算机上实现的指令的产品。 最后,本发明可以由第三方服务提供商代表消费者部署。

    Energy Efficient Data Provisioning
    97.
    发明申请
    Energy Efficient Data Provisioning 失效
    节能数据配置

    公开(公告)号:US20090282044A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-12

    申请号:US12117193

    申请日:2008-05-08

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: G06F17/30424 Y02D10/45

    摘要: A method and system for provisioning data that has been collected and stored in a source database. The source database is a database that consumes a large amount of power and drains the company's database resources. The method and system determine which data should be provisioned and sent to a target server, the target server being more energy efficient than the source database and less exhausting of company resources. Various factors, such as the amount of data being requested and the frequency of change of the requested data, determine whether a transfer of data from the source database to the more energy efficient target database should be performed.

    摘要翻译: 用于提供已经收集并存储在源数据库中的数据的方法和系统。 源数据库是一个消耗大量电力并排除公司数据库资源的数据库。 该方法和系统确定哪些数据应该被配置并发送到目标服务器,目标服务器比源数据库更节能,而且耗尽公司资源。 诸如要求的数据量和所请求数据的改变频率等各种因素决定了是否应该执行从源数据库到更高能效目标数据库的数据传输。

    Method and System For Data Disaggregation
    98.
    发明申请
    Method and System For Data Disaggregation 失效
    数据分解方法与系统

    公开(公告)号:US20090281847A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-11-12

    申请号:US12117393

    申请日:2008-05-08

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/00 G06F17/30

    摘要: A method and system for migrating source data from a source database to a destination database based on energy efficiency and conservation. A migration server evaluates the source data for usage and requirements and defines data usage and requirement tags for the source data. The source data is disaggregated into one or more source data sets based on the data usage and requirement tags. The migration server then identifies candidate destinations for the source data, wherein each candidate destination has stored data identified with usage and requirement tags. The data migration server compares the first usage and requirement tags of the source data with the second usage and requirement tags of the stored data and identifies an optimal destination database based on the comparing step. The data migration server migrates the source data to the optimal destination database.

    摘要翻译: 一种基于能源效率和节约资源将源数据从源数据库迁移到目标数据库的方法和系统。 迁移服务器评估源数据的使用和要求,并定义源数据的数据使用和要求标签。 源数据根据数据使用和需求标签分解为一个或多个源数据集。 然后,迁移服务器识别源数据的候选目的地,其中每个候选目的地已经存储了使用和需求标签标识的数据。 数据迁移服务器将源数据的第一使用和需求标签与存储数据的第二使用和需求标签进行比较,并且基于比较步骤识别最佳目的地数据库。 数据迁移服务器将源数据迁移到最佳目标数据库。

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS BASED UPON EXISTING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS
    99.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS BASED UPON EXISTING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS 审中-公开
    基于现有物理环境自动生成虚拟世界环境的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090244059A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-10-01

    申请号:US12055466

    申请日:2008-03-26

    IPC分类号: G06T15/00

    CPC分类号: G06T15/00

    摘要: In general, the present invention provides a system and method for creating and utilizing virtual worlds for enhanced management of an Information Technology (IT) environment. Two dimensional (2D) and/or three dimensional (3D) virtual world renditions are automatically created to replicate the associated real-life IT environment. Such virtual environments can then be used to familiarize staff with remote locations and to securely provide virtual data center tours to others. This invention comprises a system and method of automatically creating a virtual world environment to reflect a real world environment using information stored in databases and floor plans. The virtual world environment is rendered utilizing a Virtual World Rendering Module and is updated utilizing a Virtual Instrument Update Module.

    摘要翻译: 通常,本发明提供了一种用于创建和利用虚拟世界以增强对信息技术(IT)环境的管理的系统和方法。 自动创建二维(2D)和/或三维(3D)虚拟世界再现以复制相关联的现实生活中的IT环境。 然后可以使用这样的虚拟环境来让员工熟悉远程位置,并安全地向他人提供虚拟数据中心旅游。 本发明包括使用存储在数据库和平面图中的信息自动创建虚拟世界环境以反映真实世界环境的系统和方法。 使用虚拟世界渲染模块渲染虚拟世界环境,并使用虚拟仪器更新模块进行更新。

    MARKET SEGMENTATION ANALYSES IN VIRTUAL UNIVERSES
    100.
    发明申请
    MARKET SEGMENTATION ANALYSES IN VIRTUAL UNIVERSES 有权
    虚拟大学市场分类分析

    公开(公告)号:US20090187461A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-23

    申请号:US12015895

    申请日:2008-01-17

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G06Q99/00

    摘要: This description presents techniques for performing market segmentation analyses in virtual universes. In one embodiment, a method includes collecting virtual universe data associated with interactions between avatars, entities, and objects in a virtual universe. The collecting can include recording at least some of the virtual universe data as the interactions occur, determining a criteria with which to perform a market segmentation analysis on the virtual universe data, where segmentation divides the virtual universe data into a plurality of groups. The method can also include performing the market segmentation analysis on the virtual universe data, and generating a report indicating results of the market segmentation analysis.

    摘要翻译: 本说明书介绍了在虚拟世界中进行市场细分分析的技术。 在一个实施例中,一种方法包括收集与虚拟世界中的化身,实体和对象之间的交互相关联的虚拟宇宙数据。 收集可以包括当交互发生时记录至少一些虚拟宇宙数据,确定用于对虚拟宇宙数据进行市场细分分析的标准,其中分割将虚拟宇宙数据划分为多个组。 该方法还可以包括对虚拟世界数据进行市场细分分析,并生成指示市场细分分析结果的报告。