# US 11,908,301 B2 · Systems and methods for systemic resource utilization analysis and management

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- Number: US 11,908,301 B2
- Document ID: US11908301B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/160,015
- Filed: 2023-01-26
- Published: 2023-06-08
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-29
- Assignees: The Travelers Indemnity Company
- Applicants: The Travelers Indemnity Company
- Inventors: Aasta Frascati-Robinson; Michael R. Gammon; Paul R. Langdon; Robert O'Connor
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11908301B2

## CPC

- G08B 21/182: {Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold}
- G06Q 40/08: Insurance
- G08B 25/08: using communication transmission lines {(G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence)}
- G08B 31/00: Predictive alarm systems characterised by extrapolation or other computation using updated historic data
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for systemic resource utilization analysis and management, such as employing a single-point sensor to detect or identify resource leakage at one or more other locations in a structure.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for detecting a leak in a fluid piping system, comprising:
receiving, by an electronic communications device in communication with a central processing device, at each of multiple points in time during a period of time, from a router associated with a fluid piping system, and via an electronic network, a data certificate comprising data descriptive of (i) an identifier of a sensor and (ii) a reading from the sensor, the sensor being installed to take the reading with respect to fluid that passes through a single point of the fluid piping system and the reading being descriptive of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system;
storing, by the central processing device and in a non-transitory memory device in communication therewith, and for each of the multiple points in time during the period of time, and in relation to the identifier of the sensor, the data descriptive of the reading from the sensor;
computing, by the central processing device and by executing a systemic analysis algorithm stored in the non-transitory memory device, and utilizing as inputs to the systemic analysis algorithm the stored data descriptive of the readings from the sensor during the period of time, a classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time; and
transmitting, by the electronic communications device and to a remote receiver device, and in response to the classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time, an indication of the classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time transmitted to the remote receiver device comprises an alert that there is abnormal usage of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the remote receiver device comprises a mobile electronic device in communication with the router.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, further comprising:
outputting, via an output device of the mobile electronic device, and via an execution of an application by the mobile electronic device, and in response to the indication of the classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time, an indication of an alert.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the fluid piping system comprises a plurality of interconnected fluid conduits within a structure.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, further comprising:
outputting, via an output device of the mobile electronic device, and via an execution of an application by the mobile electronic device, and in response to the indication of the classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time, an indication of a leaderboard.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, further comprising:
comparing, by the central processing device, the classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time to classifications of fluids from other comparable structures for the period of time;
ranking, by the central processing device, and based on the comparison, the structures; and
generating, by the central processing device and based on the ranking, the leaderboard.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the computing comprises a comparison of the stored data descriptive of the readings from the sensor during the period of time to readings from a different sensor of a different structure recorded during a different period of time having the same length as the period of time.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, further comprising:
computing, by the central processing device and by executing a loss prediction algorithm stored in the non-transitory memory device, and utilizing as inputs to the loss prediction algorithm at least one of (i) the classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time, and (ii) the stored data descriptive of the readings from the sensor during the period of time, a likelihood of damage for the structure.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, further comprising:
transmitting, by the electronic communications device and to a remote receiver device, and in response to the computed likelihood of damage for the structure, a command to close a valve coupled to govern flow of the fluid through the single point of the fluid piping system.

### Claim 11 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, further comprising:
computing, by the central processing device and based at least in part on the classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time, an amount of credits earned for the structure.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, further comprising:
transmitting, by the electronic communications device and to a remote receiver device, an indication of the amount of credits earned for the structure,
wherein the amount of credits comprises one or more of: (i) an amount of green energy credit and (ii) an amount of a discount to a premium of an insurance policy that covers the structure.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the remote receiver device comprises the router, and the indication of the classification of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time transmitted to the router comprises a command to close a valve installed proximate to the single point of the fluid piping system.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the single point of the fluid piping system comprises at least one of a main potable water service inlet and a main drainage outflow.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the systemic analysis algorithm comprises a pattern analysis algorithm.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the classification comprises a categorization of the fluid that has passed through the single point of the fluid piping system during the period of time as one of: (i) normal; and (ii) abnormal.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a flow meter, a humidity sensor, a vibration sensor, and a flow depth sensor.