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US 2016/0238740 A1Published application
Notification techniques for reducing energy usage
AssigneeOpower, Inc.
InventorsSuelyn Yu, Garner Chung, David Royer
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Abstract
Notification techniques for reducing energy usage include detecting a weather event for a location of at least one consumer, determining, based on the weather event, at least one modified behavior to reduce energy usage for the at least one consumer, and providing a notification to the at least one consumer regarding the at least one modified behavior for the weather event.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- determining a change in temperature for a time period at a location of at least one consumer;
- detecting a weather event when the change in the temperature for the time period is greater than a threshold;
- determining, based on the weather event, at least one modified behavior to reduce energy usage for the at least one consumer;
- and
- providing a notification to the at least one consumer regarding the at least one modified behavior for the weather event.
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A power usage device, comprising:
- one or more network interfaces to communicate with in a communication network;
- a processor coupled to the network interfaces and adapted to execute one or more processes;
- and
- a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed by the processor, is operable to:
- detect a weather event for a location of at least one consumer;
- determine, based on the weather event, at least one modified behavior to reduce energy usage for the at least one consumer;
- and
- provide a notification to the at least one consumer regarding the at least one modified behavior for the weather event.
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A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having software encoded thereon, the software, when executed by a processor, operable to:
- detect a weather event for a location of at least one consumer;
- determine, based on the weather event, at least one modified behavior to reduce energy usage for the at least one consumer, the at least one modified behavior including opening windows at a residence of the at least one consumer;
- and
- provide a notification to the at least one consumer regarding the at least one modified behavior for the weather event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.