CN101512583A - Utility vending system and method - Google Patents
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Abstract
An energy selling system has a system managing server and a plurality of supplying meters. The supplying meters have processors and plural of energy measuring devices; the energy measuring devices transmits energy to the processors; the meters also have bidirectional communication modules permitting the processor communicating with the system managing service; the meters also have the memories for the energy using time data for memorizing a plurality of supplying quantities and consumed energy. The meters also comprise a device permitting the processor to cut the energy supplying while the supplying quantities of the processors are not sufficient. The processor responds to the measuring devices to report the supplying quantities of the energy to use the quantities of the time memorizing energy. The processor responds to the instruction from the system managing server and provides the time data to the system; the processor responds to the instruction of the system managing server to increase the supplying quantities.
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Technical field
[0001] the present invention relates to the utility product or the energy (utility) and go out sale system, and the electric power that relates more specifically to the electricity market that is used to compete is sold system and method.
Background technology
[0002] instrument of the common service recorder consumer of consumer's electric power consumption power consumption is determined.Especially, the instrument of little electricity consumer will periodically read, and common one month or two months and are consumer's consumption make out an invoice (invoice) by electricity retailer once.The billing system of these process need costlinesses.Every the consumer that has nothing for it but of this system opens an account, and may require consumer payment to be equal to or greater than the cash pledge of the consumption of its estimation in the phase of paying a bill.
[0003] introduced such system, thereby allowed the consumer to pay in advance for its electric power.Permission was supplied with when instrument was suitable for only having credit in instrument usually.The similar special point of sales terminal that is suitable for of terminal of the extraction cash that the consumer must use from retail shop or with bank is bought credit.Credit is applicable to the instrument of using magnetic card, smart card or being typed into the particular code in the instrument usually.This system only allows the consumer to buy from a supplier usually.If consumer wants changes supplier, then they need arrange the installation of new instrument and arrange to obtain neocaine.
[0004] EP1148450 Pollock has described a system, and it allows the consumer to buy power from a plurality of suppliers, and will be applied to from a plurality of suppliers' credit in the instrument of a standard.Credit is bought from the various jobbing houses of electricity provider appointment, and is applied in the instrument by smart card or by the wireless connections with instrument.This system does not provide any type of ammeter reading, makes real time data can not be used to calculate each retailer supply of each time period in every month.The calculating of supply can only be based on consumer's purchase volume.
[0005] EP1052601 Cowburn provides a kind of method of pre-paid electric power, and this method allows the consumer to utilize smart card each supplier's purchase from the competitive market.Cowburn regulation card storage consumer's power usage sketch plan (profile), and each electricity retailer will be decided according to consumer's sketch plan consumer's supply.Cowburn has also discussed the possibility of eliminating smart card and the instrument that directly is connected with telephone wire.Cowburn does not stipulate consumer's actual amount, and this actual amount will be stored in the consumption sketch plan to be used for collecting to electricity retailer the purpose of its expense that consumer is supplied.
[0006] these two kinds of systems all comprise such possibility: the electric power of notifying the consumer to buy is about to use up.Two kinds of systems all not the regulation wholesale electricity market charge to supplier based on the consumer's who buys power from it actual amount.
Summary of the invention
[0007] target of the present invention is to realize utility product or utility vending system and method, and it has overcome the shortcoming of existing system or has been at least the public or industry provides the selection of usefulness.
[0008] in first embodiment, the present invention is a kind of utility product or utility vending system (utility vending system), and it comprises:
System management server;
A plurality of supply instrument (supply meter), each described supply instrument comprises:
Processor;
The energy usage measurement mechanism describedly is sent to described processor with measuring device with energy usage;
Bi-directional communication modules, it allows described processor to communicate by letter with described system management server;
Store memory of data service time of the energy of a plurality of supply credits and consumption;
When the supply credit of storing is not enough, allow described processor to cut off the device of described energy supply;
Wherein said processor:
Respond the use of the described energy of described measurement mechanism report, reduce described supply credit;
To store the consumption of the described energy service time;
Response is from the instruction of described system management server, to described system management server provide service time data; With
Response increases described supply credit from the instruction of described system management server.
[0009] preferably, described storer further storage vendor identifier and utility consumption history, and described instrument further comprises:
Be used to show the display panel of history of the energy of energy quantity, credit and the consumption of current slot internal consumption;
Manipulation (pilot) the LED indicator that low credit and supply activate or close; And
The loudspeaker that is used for audible alarm;
[0010] preferably, described instrument further comprises the start button that allows to open described energy supply.
[0011] preferably, comprise electronic fare payment system, described electronic fare payment system allows the consumer to buy the supply credit from the various energy resources retailer, and described electronic fare payment system sends described purchase to described system management server to send described instrument to.
[0012] preferably, described instrument has unique meter identifier, and described consumer offers described electronic fare payment system as a part of buying with described unique meter identifier, and described electronic fare payment system sends described unique meter identifier to described system management server together with other purchase information that comprises quantity purchase.
[0013] preferably, a plurality of energy retailers provide a plurality of energy supplies by described electronic fare payment system.
[0014] preferably, described electronic fare payment system utilizes a plurality of purchase option regulations to buy, and described option comprises point of sale, ATM (automatic teller machine), internet site, directly withhold stereotyped command (GIRO), SMS (short message service), phone.
[0015] preferably, described system management server adds up to the consumption of described a plurality of instrument according to service time and electricity retailer, described utility vending system also comprises the wholesale market settlement system, and retailer's a paying is calculated by this system based on each retailer's the described consumption of consumer in each time period.
[0016] preferably, described wholesale market settlement system calculating should be paid energy wholesale dealer's expense.
[0017] preferably, described system management server adds up to the consumption of described a plurality of instrument according to service time and electricity retailer, described utility vending system further comprises the system of network operator, and this system uses a paying based on each retailer's the described consumption calculating retailer of consumer in each time period network.
[0018] preferably, the system-computed of described network operator should be paid the expense of network operator.
[0019] preferably, the described energy is electric power.
[0020] preferably, in 24 hours time period, arranged the time period of 24 to 1440 service times, and described system management server indicates described instrument that the use data of 24 hour time period are provided.
[0021] preferably, arranged the time period of 48 service times in 24 hour time period, and described system management server indicates described instrument that the use data of 24 hour time period are provided.
[0022] in second enforcement, the present invention is the utility vending method, and it may further comprise the steps:
Locate in energy-consuming person place:
At storing a plurality of supply credits from one of at least the supply of the described energy among a plurality of retailers, described supply credit receives from system management server;
Measure the consumption of the described energy according to the service time of the described energy;
When the described energy is consumed, reduce the supply credit of described storage;
Store described consumption, service time data and the supply credit data of minimizing;
Periodically the supply credit data with described consumption, service time data and minimizing send system management server to; And
Wherein said system management server is carried out following steps: the consumption that adds up to a plurality of consumers' place by service time and electricity retailer.
[0023] preferably, described system management server is further carried out following steps: send described total consumption to the wholesale market settlement system, described wholesale market settlement system is carried out following steps: the propping up of the consumption calculating retailer of consumer in each time period based on each retailer paid.
[0024] preferably, described wholesale market settlement system is further carried out following steps: calculating should be paid energy wholesale dealer's expense.
[0025] preferably, described system management server is further carried out following steps: send described total consumption the system of network operator to, the system of described network operator carries out following steps: based on paying of each retailer's the consumption calculating retailer of consumer in each time period.
[0026] preferably, the system of described network operator further carries out following steps: calculating should be paid the expense of network operator.
[0027] preferably, further may further comprise the steps: receive and store at least one supply credit in described energy-consuming person place; Described supply credit receives from electronic fare payment system by described system management server.
[0028] preferably, each energy-consuming person place has at least one instrument, and each described instrument has unique identifier, and the consumer supplies described unique meter identifier as a part of buying to described electronic fare payment system, and described method comprises: described electronic fare payment system sends described unique meter identifier to described system management server together with other purchase information that comprises quantity purchase.
[0029] preferably, wherein a plurality of energy retailers provide a plurality of energy supplies by described electronic fare payment system.
[0030] preferably, described electronic fare payment system utilizes a plurality of purchase option regulations to buy, and described option comprises point of sale, ATM (automatic teller machine), internet site, directly withhold stereotyped command (GIRO), SMS, phone.
[0031] preferably, the described energy or utility product are electric power.
[0032] preferably, have the time period of 24 to 1440 service times, and with the supply credit cycle data of described consumption, service time data and minimizing send system management server to step in 24 hours time period, transmit data.
[0033] preferably, have the time period of 48 service times, and with the supply credit cycle data of described consumption, service time data and minimizing send system management server to step in 24 hours time period, transmit data.
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[0035] Fig. 1 is the hierarchy chart that electric power of the present invention goes out sale system;
[0036] Fig. 2 is the flow processing synoptic diagram that electric power of the present invention goes out sale system;
[0037] Fig. 3 is that electric power of the present invention is sold system business round-robin synoptic diagram;
[0038] Fig. 4 is the synoptic diagram of electric instrument of the present invention.
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[0039] referring to accompanying drawing 1-4, in level, system forms by measuring layer 101, communication layers 102 with the integrated application layer 103 of system integration layer 104.Application layer 103 comprises obtains and instruction layer 110, continuous data processing layer 111, purchase data processing layer 112 and data transfer layer 113.
[0040] measuring layer 101 comprises the instrument of the place use that is supplied.Though reference is electric power supply, be to be understood that the utility product of other metering or the energy such as water or coal gas are also included within.Referring to Fig. 2, instrument 201 is positioned at or near consumer's place 220.The consumer is not limited to house person but comprises any user of the energy, comprises little and big enterprise.
[0041] instrument 201 of the present invention comprises the function of standard meter.That is to say that instrument 201 can record electricity consumption.In addition, instrument 201 of the present invention can be based on the time period record consumption of service time.In a preferred embodiment, these time periods can be by system's setting, but these time periods also can be programmed when instrument 201 is installed.The normally halfhour time period of this time period, but can be shorter or longer.For example, the time period of service time can be 24 to 1440 time periods in 24 hours.Instrument 201 of the present invention can be accepted the electric power credit to fill it up with the number of the amount of credit available that will be supplied from live signal.
[0042] referring to Fig. 4, instrument 201 comprises CPU 401, storer 402, comprises the communication module 403 of at least one communication port 404.Instrument 201 also comprises user interface 405; User interface comprises LCD panel 406, a plurality of button 407 and a plurality of LED (light emitting diode) 408.Instrument 201 also comprises loudspeaker 409.For control power supply, instrument 201 also comprises isolating switch 410.Although there is not graphic extension, instrument 201 can also comprise wired or wireless network port, and it allows the user to be connected to instrument 201 by local network.
[0043] in a preferred embodiment, instrument 201 will allow a plurality of credits of storage.Credit can be at the supply of difference expense service time.For example, compare with use between the lights, the retailer can be to collecting different expenses in the use at midnight.Credit can be stored as the kiowatt that monetary value maybe will consume.If credit is stored as monetary value, then when credit is delivered to instrument 201, the expense that different time by day is suitable for will be comprised in the credit.
[0044] if credit is stored as kiowatt, then the sketch plan that will import when buying of the measured consumption sketch plan of value bought of user or consumer is converted into credit.When reaching the threshold value of time period (for example time period on daytime), the option that the consumer will have request to fill it up with.If the consumer does not fill it up with, then will reduce at their consumption of specific usage time interval.
[0045] will be from the use of the credit of instrument 201 based on the order (order) that credit is applied to instrument 201.In alternative but not preferred option, the consumer will have the option of change order, and in this order, the credit that is stored in the instrument 201 is consumed.
[0046] as previously mentioned, instrument 201 will provide user interface to browse the credit that they can use at least to allow the consumer.In a preferred embodiment, user interface will be included in the instrument 201.In alternative embodiment, instrument 201 will allow the user to utilize personal computer, PDA or miscellaneous equipment to communicate to browse and to select available options.
[0047] feature of instrument 201 also is start button, and it allows the consumer to open supply.Importantly, instrument 201 will comprise communicator and receive information so that instrument can go out sale system from electric power, and go out sale system 206 transmission information to electric power.Can utilize electric wire carrier wave, GPRS (GPRS), GSM (global system for mobile communications), RF (less radio-frequency) or other communication system (such as Wi-Fi, Wi-Max etc.) to communicate.
[0048] in another embodiment, the communication system of instrument 201 can be as the gateway device of other housed devices (such as personal computer).
[0049] system with known is the same, and when available prepayment credit remains little, instrument 201 will be informed the consumer, and the form that adopts is vision or the audible alarm from instrument 201 usually.Because instrument 201 comprises bi-directional communication modules 403, so the low notice of credit also may be passed through Email, SMS or speech message realization.Instrument 201 will go out sale system 206 with electric power communicates by letter, and electric power goes out sale system 206 and communicates by letter with the consumer.
[0050] in a preferred embodiment, a plurality of consumers' instrument 201 is connected to electric power by data concentrator 202 and goes out sale system 206.A plurality of data concentrators 202 are connected to electric power and go out sale system 206, and electric power goes out sale system 206 and comprises instrument data managing 203 and automatic instrument reading system 205.The connection that data concentrator 202 and electric power go out between the sale system 206 realizes by network 204 and automatic instrument reading system 205.This network can be any suitable networked systems, but normally wireless or optical fiber.
[0051] automatic instrument reading system 205 will regularly read each instrument; In a preferred embodiment, each instrument will be read in the ending of each time period of 24 hours.Automatic instrument reading system 205 will be from the consumption of each instrument acquisition each time period of record during 24 hours in the past.Information will comprise the quantity of the unit that the time period of each service time consumes and the electricity retailer 208 of these units of supply.Although the normally 24 hours time period of report, this will depend on system requirements, for example, can be per 12 hours or weekly.
[0052] when receiving credit, instrument 201 receives the title of electricity retailer 208 or supplies the retailer's 208 of credit code, and will write down by the retailer's 208 of consumer credit amount title.
[0053] automatic instrument reading system 205 reads the data of instrument 201 by data concentrator 202.In one embodiment, data concentrator 202 can read each instrument 201 of being connected to data concentrator 202 and give automatic instrument reading system 205 with data forwarding.In the embodiment that replaces, automatic instrument reading system 205 can read each independent instrument 201.
[0054] electric power goes out sale system 206 and is connected to various other computer systems by network 211, comprises the system 208 of electronic fare payment system 207, various electricity retailer, wholesale market operator's system 209 and the system 210 of electricity network operator.
[0055] every day, electric power goes out total unit that sale system 206 adds up to the consumer of each each electricity retailer of time period to consume.This information is used to require each retailer respectively to consumption and retailer's the consumer use defrayment to electric power networks by wholesale electricity market operator 209 and electricity network operator 210.The advantage of this system is that retailer 208 understands its consumer's accurate consumption, rather than collects the charges based on the consumption profiles of whole network or the limited sample in 24 hours in the past.
[0056], the cycle of business operations that electric power goes out sale system 206 has been described referring to Fig. 3.Consumer 301 utilizes electronic fare payment system 207 to buy power.Electronic fare payment system 207 deduction from consumer's bank 212 or other account is paid and will be propped up to pay and charge to the account of electricity retailer 208.As a part of buying, consumer 301 provides them unique meter identifier.When electric power went out sale system 206 notice electronic fare payment systems 207 and need fill it up with instrument 201, its instrument 201 was filled it up with in the order that consumer 301 can also utilize electronic fare payment system to set up standard.
[0057] electronic fare payment system 207 allows consumer 301 to utilize various channels to buy.These channels comprise any method that point of sale, website, phone, bank ATM machine, SMS, the payment Room (payment kiosks) or consumer can buy other article or pay.The consumer will be provided retailer 208 the selection and the selection of electric power supply plan.So for example, retailer A can provide 24 hours rate, and retailer B can provide daytime rate and night rate.Retailer 208 goes out sale system 206 by electric power provides its supply to electronic fare payment system 207.In case consumer 301 makes a choice, electronic fare payment system 207 just notifies electric power to go out value, retailer 208 name and the instrument numeral that will be credited to purchase volume that sale system 206 is bought.
[0058] afterwards, electric power goes out sale system 206 and by automatic instrument reading system 205 purchase volume is charged to instrument 201, and consumer 301 can use purchase volume as mentioned above like that.
[0059] electric power goes out sale system 206 and utilizes automatic instrument reading system 205 to read the consumption of all instrument 201, and adds up to the consumption of each retailer 208 in each time period.This information is sent to electricity network operator 210, wholesale electricity market operator 209 and retailer 208.
[0060] afterwards, based on consumer 301 electric power consumption, the credit that utilizes retailer 208 to provide, retailer 208 and wholesale electricity market operator 209 and electricity network operator 210 clearances.
The description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention that [0061] provides before is for graphic extension and purpose of description.It is also non-exhaustive or limit the invention to disclosed concrete form, because can carry out many modifications or variation on the basis of above instruction.All this modifications or variation are all within the scope of the invention.In order to disclose principle of the present invention and application in practice thereof best, select and embodiment described herein has been described, thereby make those skilled in the art in each embodiment, utilize the present invention and it is made amendment, with the specific use that is suitable for expecting.Being intended that of this, when according to legally and when the gamut that just angle is fit to made an explanation, scope of the present invention was limited by appended claims.
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1. utility vending system, it comprises:
System management server;
A plurality of supply instrument, each described supply instrument comprises:
Processor;
The energy usage measurement mechanism describedly is sent to described processor with measuring device with energy usage;
Bi-directional communication modules, it allows described processor to communicate by letter with described system management server;
Store a plurality of supply credits and at memory of data service time of the energy that consumes;
When the supply credit of storing is not enough, allow described processor to cut off the device of the supply of the described energy;
Wherein said processor:
Respond the use of the described energy of described measurement mechanism report, reduce described supply credit;
To store the consumption of the described energy service time;
Response is from the instruction of described system management server, to described system management server provide service time data; With
Response increases described supply credit from the instruction of described system management server.
2. utility vending system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said storer further storage vendor identifier and utility consumption history, and described instrument further comprises:
Be used to show the display panel of history of the energy of energy quantity, credit and the consumption of current slot internal consumption;
The manipulation LED indicator that low credit and supply activate or close; And
The loudspeaker that is used for audible alarm.
3. utility vending system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said instrument further comprise the start button that allows described energy supply to be unlocked.
4. as each described utility vending system in the claim 1 to 3, comprise electronic fare payment system, described electronic fare payment system allows the consumer to buy the supply credit from various energy retailers, and described electronic fare payment system sends described purchase to described system management server to send described instrument to.
5. utility vending system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said instrument has unique meter identifier, and described consumer supplies described unique meter identifier and gives described electronic fare payment system as a part of buying, and described electronic fare payment system sends described unique meter identifier to described system management server together with other purchase information that comprises quantity purchase.
6. as claim 4 or 5 described utility vending systems, wherein a plurality of energy retailers provide a plurality of energy supplies by described electronic fare payment system.
7. as each described utility vending system of claim 4 to 6, wherein said electronic fare payment system utilizes a plurality of purchase option regulations to buy, and described option comprises point of sale, ATM (automatic teller machine), internet site, directly withhold stereotyped command GIRO, short message service, phone.
8. as each described utility vending system of claim 1 to 7, wherein said system management server adds up to the consumption of described a plurality of instrument according to service time and electricity retailer, described utility vending system also comprises the wholesale market settlement system, and retailer's a paying is calculated by described system based on each retailer's the described consumption of consumer in each time period.
9. utility vending system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said wholesale market settlement system is calculated the expense that should pay energy wholesale dealer.
10. as each described utility vending system of claim 1 to 9, wherein said system management server adds up to the consumption of described a plurality of instrument according to service time and electricity retailer, described utility vending system further comprises the system of network operator, and described system uses a paying based on each retailer's the described consumption calculating retailer of consumer in each time period network.
11. utility vending system as claimed in claim 10, the system-computed of wherein said network operator should be paid the expense of network operator.
12. as each described utility vending system of claim 1 to 11, the wherein said energy is electric power.
13. as each described utility vending system of claim 1 to 12, wherein in 24 hour time period, arranged the time period of 24 to 1440 service times, and described system management server indicates described instrument that the use data of 24 hour time period are provided.
14. as each described utility vending system of claim 1 to 12, wherein arranged the time period of 48 service times in 24 hour time period, and described system management server indicates described instrument that the use data of 24 hour time period are provided.
15. a utility vending method may further comprise the steps:
In energy-consuming person place:
For storing a plurality of supply credits from one of at least the supply of the described energy among a plurality of retailers, described supply credit receives from system management server;
Measure the consumption of the described energy according to the service time of the described energy;
When the described energy is consumed, reduce the supply credit of described storage;
Store described consumption, service time data and the supply credit data of minimizing;
With the supply credit cycle data of described consumption, service time data and minimizing send system management server to; And
Wherein, described system management server is carried out following steps: the consumption that adds up to a plurality of consumers' place according to service time and electricity retailer.
16. utility vending method as claimed in claim 15, wherein said system management server is further carried out following steps: send described total consumption to the wholesale market settlement system, described wholesale market settlement system is carried out following steps: the propping up of the consumption calculating retailer of consumer in each time period based on each retailer paid.
17. utility vending method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said wholesale market settlement system is further carried out following steps: calculating should be paid energy wholesale dealer's expense.
18. as each described utility vending method of claim 15 to 17, wherein said system management server is further carried out following steps: send described total consumption the system of network operator to, the system of described network operator carries out following steps: based on paying of each retailer's the consumption calculating retailer of consumer in each time period.
19. utility vending method as claimed in claim 18, the system of wherein said network operator further carries out following steps: calculating should be paid the expense of network operator.
20., further may further comprise the steps: receive and store at least one supply credit in described energy-consuming person place as each described utility vending method of claim 15 to 19; Described supply credit receives from electronic fare payment system by described system management server.
21. utility vending method as claimed in claim 20, wherein each energy-consuming person place has at least one instrument, and each described instrument has unique identifier, and described consumer supplies described unique meter identifier as a part of buying to described electronic fare payment system, and described method comprises that described electronic fare payment system sends described unique meter identifier to described system management server together with other purchase information of the quantity that comprises described purchase.
22. as claim 20 or 21 described utility vending methods, wherein a plurality of energy retailers provide a plurality of energy supplies by described electronic fare payment system.
23. as each described utility vending method of claim 20 to 22, wherein said electronic fare payment system utilizes a plurality of purchase option regulations to buy, and described option comprises point of sale, ATM (automatic teller machine), internet site, directly withhold stereotyped command GIRO, SMS, phone.
24. as each described utility vending method of claim 15 to 23, the wherein said energy is electric power.
25. as each described utility vending method of claim 15 to 24, the time period that wherein arranged 24 to 1440 service times, and with the supply credit cycle data of described consumption, service time data and minimizing send system management server to described step transmit data 24 hours time period.
26. as each described utility vending method of claim 15 to 24, the time period that wherein arranged 48 service times, and with the supply credit cycle data of described consumption, service time data and minimizing send system management server to described step transmit data 24 hours time period.
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