Collecting, sharing, comparing, and displaying resource usage data

US8176095B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lucid Designs LLC · US

Inventors

• Michael Murray · North Palm Beach, US
• John Edmund Petersen · Oberlin, US
• Gavin Matthew Platt · Oakland, US
• Vladislav Kantchev Shunturov · Sofia, BG

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 4, 2007
• Grant date: May 8, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0218
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Resource usage data is automatically collected for an individual, household, family, organization, or other entity. The collected data is transmitted to a central repository, where it is stored and compared with real-time and/or historical usage data by that same entity and/or with data from other sources. Graphical, interactive displays and reports of resource usage data are then made available. These displays can include comparisons with data representing any or all of community averages, specific entities, historical use, representative similarly-situated entities, and the like. Resource usage data can be made available within a social networking context, published, and/or selectively shared with other entities.