Patent 7262694 was granted and assigned to Gaia Power Technologies on August, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The current invention is a device connected to the power grid in order to perform beneficial functions for the end user and/or utility company such as backup power, power quality improvement, peak shaving of the electrical load, etc. Inside the device would be energy storage devices such as batteries, and intelligent hardware and software controlling charging, discharging and interactive communications.