Interactive Devices, Systems, and Methods for Solar Power Systems
AssigneeSunrun Inc.
InventorsGary Wayne, Billy Hinners, John Hovell, Charles Buhler, Jake Wachman
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Abstract
A computing device is equipped with a configuration engine and a solutions engine generates candidate solar power system configurations and corresponding pricing solutions, respectively. The computing device may be one of several computing devices located in a place of public accommodation, such as a retail store. Upon receiving a user selection of a candidate solar power system configuration and a pricing solution the a results engine of the computing device generates a results package for a solar power proposal that includes a signature-ready proposal that the user may execute on site.
Claims20
A computing device for interactively generating a solar power proposal at a kiosk, comprising:
- at least one input/output (I/O) device;
- a memory;
- a processor
- a configuration engine stored in the memory that receives information from the at least one I/O device and generates at least one candidate solar power system configuration using the processor;
- a computer-aided design (CAD) interface that facilitates direct manipulation of the at least one candidate solar power system configuration using the at least one I/O device;
- a solution engine stored in the memory that receives input from the at least one I/O device and generates at least one pricing solution for each of the at least one candidate solar power system configuration using the processor;
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- a results engine stored in the memory that:
- receives (i) a selection of a solar power system configuration from the at least one candidate solar power system configuration, (ii) a selection of a pricing solution from the least one pricing solution;
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- generates, in real time, a results package comprising a signature-ready contract for the solar power proposal using the processor.
A kiosk for interactively generating a solar power proposal, comprising:
- a computing device comprising:
- at least one input/output (I/O) device;
- a memory;
- a processor;
- a configuration engine stored in the memory that receives information from the at least one I/O device and generates at least one candidate solar power system configuration using the processor;
- a computer-aided design (CAD) interface that facilitates direct manipulation of the at least one candidate solar power system configuration using the at least one I/O device;
- a solution engine stored in the memory that receives input from the at least one I/O device and generates at least one pricing solution for each of the at least one candidate solar power system configuration using the processor;
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- a results engine stored in the memory that generates, in real time, a results package comprising a signature-ready contract for the solar power proposal using the processor;
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- a structural unit supporting the computing device.
A computer-implemented method for interactively generating a solar power proposal, the method comprising:
- generating, using a configuration engine of a computing device, at least one candidate solar power system configuration;
- receiving, at the configuration engine, adjustments to at least one of the at least one candidate solar power system configuration via a CAD interface of the computing device;
- generating, using a solutions engine of the computing device, at least one pricing solution for each of the at least one candidate solar power system configuration;
- receiving, at the solutions engine, adjustments to at least one of the at least one pricing solution;
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- generating, in real time using a results engine, a results package for a selected solar power system configuration of the at least one candidate solar power system configuration and a selected pricing solution of the at least one pricing solution generated for the selected solar power system configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.