ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,873, issued on March 18, was assigned to PowerSecure Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for controlling an energy supply system" was invented by Marshall Worth (Durham, N.C.), Camilo Calderon (Durham, N.C.) and Keith Klaus (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are methods and apparatus for controlling an energy supply system. In an example the energy supply system includes a battery. In an example, provided is a computer-implemented method for controlling a battery. At least a portion of the method can be performed by a computing device including a processor. The method can include (i) creating, using a machin...