Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for assessing usage of devices of a property
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Application No.: US15768387Application Date: 2016-10-13
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Publication No.: US11309710B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Alexandros Leontitsis , Oliver Parson
- Applicant: BRITISH GAS TRADING LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Windsor
- Assignee: BRITISH GAS TRADING LIMITED
- Current Assignee: BRITISH GAS TRADING LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Windsor
- Agency: Tucker Ellis LLP
- Agent Michael G. Craig
- Priority: GB1518211 20151014,GB1614870 20160901
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/053175 WO 20161013
- International Announcement: WO2017/064494 WO 20170420
- Main IPC: G06Q50/06
- IPC: G06Q50/06 ; H02J3/14 ; G06Q10/04 ; G01D4/00 ; H02J3/00 ; G06Q10/06

Abstract:
In one aspect, there is provided a method comprising: receiving consumption data comprising readings from one or more utility meters associated with a property comprising one or more devices, the one or more devices comprising one or more devices of interest; determining, in the received consumption data, one or more positive consumption variations indicative of switching on of one or more of the devices and/or one or more negative consumption variations indicative of switching off of one or more of the devices; identifying one or more events associated with the one or more devices, based on the determined variations, by matching one or more positive variations with one or more negative variations; grouping the identified one or more events into one or more blocks, each block corresponding to an occurrence of usage of a device of the property; classifying the one or more blocks into one or more predetermined clusters, the one or more predetermined clusters comprising a respective predetermined cluster associated with each device of interest of the property; and determining an occurrence and/or an absence of usage of the one or more devices of interest of the property, based on the classification into the one or more predetermined clusters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180285988A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING USAGE OF DEVICES OF A PROPERTY Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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