ADAPTIVE POLLING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A system for adaptive polling to minimize energy usage while also providing a reasonable quality of service. The system includes one or more processors and a memory device that stores instructions thereon that when executed by the one or more processors, causes one or more of the one or more processors to execute the following operations: receive adaptive polling input information that includes frequency adjustment factors; calculates a polling frequency to poll an electrical device using frequency adjustment factors that include current state of the electrical device, length of time the electrical device has been in the current state, time of day, user scheduled leave time of the electrical device, demand response events; and send polling requests to the electrical device according to the calculated polling frequency. In the context of applications and cloud services that interact with electrical devices, the adaptive polling system polls electrical devices to read device state and optionally to control some aspect of the electrical device's function, such as starting or stopping the device's duty cycle or starting and stopping charging of the electrical devices.