公开(公告)号：US20090126008A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-14

申请号：US11937428

申请日：2007-11-08

申请人： John S. FUCHIK ,  Bret P. Fox ,  Russell E. SHETLER, JR. ,  Ricardo A. LUQUIAS ,  Xiao XUELI ,  Zhou DANGSHENG ,  Liu BO

发明人： John S. FUCHIK ,  Bret P. Fox ,  Russell E. SHETLER, JR. ,  Ricardo A. LUQUIAS ,  Xiao XUELI ,  Zhou DANGSHENG ,  Liu BO

IPC分类号： G06F1/28 ,  H04L9/32

CPC分类号： G06F1/263 ,  Y10T307/50

摘要： Methods and systems are disclosed for automatically tracking and controlling the capacity ratings of UPS units. The methods and systems provide a central server or repository for storing the capacity ratings, grant kVA and grant code authorized for each UPS unit along with a unique security key for each unit. When a customer purchases a capacity upgrade, the server updates the capacity rating for the customer's unit and issues an upgrade grant that includes the new rating and the grant code. The upgrade grant may thereafter be downloaded by a service technician and used to upgrade the unit. Alternatively, the upgrade grant may be downloaded directly to the UPS unit, and the unit's software and/or firmware may perform the upgrade automatically. In either case, the upgrade may be performed through a software modification, thus eliminating the need for the technician to physically swap out hardware. Such an arrangement helps ensure that only authorized capacity upgrades are performed.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于自动跟踪和控制UPS单元的容量额定值的方法和系统。 方法和系统提供了一个中央服务器或存储库，用于存储容量额定值，授权kVA和为每个UPS单元授权的授权码以及每个单元的唯一安全密钥。 当客户购买容量升级时，服务器会更新客户单位的容量评级，并发出包含新评级和授权代码的升级授权。 升级授权之后可由维修技术人员下载并用于升级设备。 或者，升级授权可以直接下载到UPS单元，并且本机的软件和/或固件可以自动执行升级。 在任一种情况下，可以通过软件修改来执行升级，因此不需要技术人员物理地交换硬件。 这样的安排有助于确保仅执行授权的容量升级。

公开(公告)号：US07992013B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-02

申请号：US11937428

申请日：2007-11-08

申请人： John S. Fuchik ,  Bret P. Fox ,  Russell E. Shetler, Jr. ,  Ricardo A. Luquias ,  Xiao Xueli ,  Zhou Dangsheng ,  Liu Bo

发明人： John S. Fuchik ,  Bret P. Fox ,  Russell E. Shetler, Jr. ,  Ricardo A. Luquias ,  Xiao Xueli ,  Zhou Dangsheng ,  Liu Bo

IPC分类号： G06F1/00 ,  H02J1/10

CPC分类号： G06F1/263 ,  Y10T307/50

摘要： Methods and systems are disclosed for automatically tracking and controlling the capacity ratings of UPS units. The methods and systems provide a central server or repository for storing the capacity ratings, grant kVA and grant code authorized for each UPS unit along with a unique security key for each unit. When a customer purchases a capacity upgrade, the server updates the capacity rating for the customer's unit and issues an upgrade grant that includes the new rating and the grant code. The upgrade grant may thereafter be downloaded by a service technician and used to upgrade the unit. Alternatively, the upgrade grant may be downloaded directly to the UPS unit, and the unit's software and/or firmware may perform the upgrade automatically. In either case, the upgrade may be performed through a software modification, thus eliminating the need for the technician to physically swap out hardware. Such an arrangement helps ensure that only authorized capacity upgrades are performed.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于自动跟踪和控制UPS单元的容量额定值的方法和系统。 方法和系统提供了一个中央服务器或存储库，用于存储容量额定值，授予kVA和为每个UPS单元授权的授权码以及每个单元的唯一安全密钥。 当客户购买容量升级时，服务器会更新客户单位的容量评级，并发出包含新评级和授权代码的升级授权。 升级授权之后可由维修技术人员下载并用于升级设备。 或者，升级授权可以直接下载到UPS单元，并且本机的软件和/或固件可以自动执行升级。 在任一种情况下，可以通过软件修改来执行升级，因此不需要技术人员物理地交换硬件。 这样的安排有助于确保仅执行授权的容量升级。