Automated space usage benchmarking for institutions
OwnerJames Wolfston, Andrew Heydon +3inventors
InventorsJames Wolfston, Andrew Heydon, Elizabeth Bothwell, Steven Fulmer, Thomas Hier
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Abstract
Space usage benchmarking is provided among multiple institutions, such as academic institutions or schools. The space usage information is obtained relating to usage of space by each of plural participating institutions. The space usage information is obtained as data output from scheduling databases of the participating institutions. A space usage benchmark is formed automatically from the space usage information. The space usage benchmark is then provided to a selected participating institution with a comparison of the space usage benchmark to the space usage of that selected participating institution.
Claims24
A space usage benchmarking method, comprising:
- obtaining space usage information relating to usage of space by each of plural participating institutions as data obtained directly from scheduling databases of the participating institutions;
- automatically forming from the space usage information a space usage benchmark;
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- providing the space usage benchmark to a selected participating institution over a computer network with a comparison of the space usage of the selected participating institution with the space usage benchmark.
In a computer-readable medium, space usage benchmarking software, comprising:
- software for obtaining space usage information relating to usage of space by each of plural participating institutions as data output obtained directly from scheduling databases of the participating institutions;
- software for automatically forming from the space usage information a space usage benchmark;
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- software for providing the space usage benchmark to a selected participating institution with a comparison of the space usage of the selected participating institution with the space usage benchmark.
A space usage benchmarking method, comprising:
- providing space usage information relating to usage of space by a participating institution as data output provided directly from a scheduling database of the participating institution;
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- obtaining a space usage benchmark formed from space usage information provided by plural participating institutions, the space usage benchmark being obtained by a selected participating institution with a comparison of the space usage of the selected participating institution with the space usage benchmark.
The method of claim 19 in which each participating institutional is an educational institution.
The method of claim 19 in which the space usage information is obtained by a space usage benchmarking aggregator that is separate from all of the participating institutions.
The method of claim 19 further comprising providing communication from the selected participating institution to a queried participating institution that is anonymously or pseudonymously included in the space usage benchmark without identifying the queried participating institution to the selected participating institution.
The method of claim 19 further comprising automatically adapting a model of the space usage of the selected participating institution with respect to the space usage benchmark.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.