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Method of visualizing consumption information, corresponding device, storage means, and software program therefor

US8832106B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Dieter Kopp · Hemmingen, DE
Martin Dermot Whelan · Melbourne, AU
Catherine Lefevre · Corroy-Le-Château, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 16, 2009
Grant date	Sep 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q10/00
WIPO fieldIT methods for management
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a method of visualizing consumption information, the method comprising the steps of presenting (103) the consumption information to a consumer and presenting (104) to the consumer a benchmark for assessing the consumption information, wherein the method further comprises the steps of, prior to presenting (104) the benchmark, determining (101) a peer group of consumers based on a characteristic of the consumer and determining (102) the benchmark based on the peer group. The invention further concerns a corresponding device, storage means, and software program therefor.

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