Classification of utility usage data
AssigneeFortum Oyj
InventorNabakumar Singh Khongbantabam
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Abstract
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a memory configured to store classifier parameters, and at least one processing core configured to use a classifier and the classifier parameters to determine a category of least one data composition, the at least one data composition comprising utility usage information concerning a utility unit, the category comprising a life condition present in the at least one utility unit.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to store classifier parameters, and
- at least one processing core configured to use a classifier and the classifier parameters to determine a category of at least one data composition, the at least one data composition comprising utility usage information concerning a utility unit, the category comprising a life condition present in the at least one utility unit, wherein the life condition comprises at least one of:
- whether the utility unit is occupied by humans, whether the utility unit is occupied by a teen-aged human, whether the utility unit is occupied by at least one toddler, whether humans in the utility unit watch television in excess of a first threshold time per day, whether humans in the utility unit play video games in excess of a second threshold time per day and whether humans inhabiting the utility unit are employed outside of the utility unit, the apparatus being further configured to trigger a modification in a utility delivery network as a response to the determined category, wherein the modification in the utility delivery network comprises either prioritizing higher the utility unit, thereby decreasing risk that the utility unit experiences an interruption in receiving the utility, or prioritizing lower the utility unit.
A method comprising:
- storing classifier parameters, and
- using a classifier and the classifier parameters to determine a category of at least one data composition, the at least one data composition comprising utility usage information concerning a utility unit, the category comprising a life condition present in the at least one utility unit, wherein the life condition comprises at least one of:
- whether the utility unit is occupied by humans, whether the utility unit is occupied by a teen-aged human, whether the utility unit is occupied by at least one toddler, whether humans in the utility unit watch television in excess of a first threshold time per day, whether humans in the utility unit play video games in excess of a second threshold time per day and whether humans inhabiting the utility unit are employed outside of the utility unit, the method further comprising triggering a modification in a utility delivery network as a response to the determined category, wherein the modification in the utility delivery network comprises either prioritizing higher the utility unit, thereby decreasing risk that the utility unit experiences an interruption in receiving the utility, or prioritizing lower the utility unit.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause an apparatus to at least:
- store classifier parameters, and
- use a classifier and the classifier parameters to determine a category of at least one data composition, the at least one data composition comprising utility usage information concerning a utility unit, the category comprising a life condition present in the at least one utility unit, wherein the life condition comprises at least one of:
- whether the utility unit is occupied by humans, whether the utility unit is occupied by a teen-aged human, whether the utility unit is occupied by at least one toddler, whether humans in the utility unit watch television in excess of a first threshold time per day, whether humans in the utility unit play video games in excess of a second threshold time per day and whether humans inhabiting the utility unit are employed outside of the utility unit, the computer readable instructions being further configured to cause the apparatus to trigger a modification in a utility delivery network as a response to the determined category, wherein the modification in the utility delivery network comprises either prioritizing higher the utility unit, thereby decreasing risk that the utility unit experiences an interruption in receiving the utility, or prioritizing lower the utility unit.
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