ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,905, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ivy Energy Inc. (San Diego).
"Virtual grid system and method" was invented by Dover Janis (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual grid system is provided that enables allocation of energy produced by an energy producing asset to individual units of a multi-unit building. The system tracks the amount of electrical energy produced by the energy producing asset and also tracks an amount of electrical energy used by each individual unit. The system compares energy production information including pairs of an amount of energy produced and a corresponding time interval during which the ...