Granted Patent B2

US 8,554,384 · App. 13/363,246 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Abstract

Claims (26)

1. A method for presenting saving opportunities for electronic devices, the method comprising:

receiving, by a controller, experience based data learned from past power behavior of one or more devices;

generating one or more power saving opportunities based on the experience based data;

calculating estimated cost savings for the one or more opportunities;

presenting a notification message that describes the power saving opportunities and associated cost savings for the opportunities; and

permitting one or more of the power saving opportunities to be altered.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising controlling one or more of the devices based on a chosen opportunity.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

gathering non-experience based data about present and future conditions that may affect power consumption or the cost of power consumption in the devices; and

generating one or more power saving opportunities based on the experience based data and the non-experience based data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the experience based data is one or more of the following: power usage patterns, power consumption rates of the devices, and typical loads of the devices.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the non-experience based data is one or more of the following: a present price of power, an anticipated price of power, present weather conditions, anticipated weather conditions, user preferences in the devices, and available stored power.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the devices are one or more of the following: lighting devices, temperature control devices, security system devices, intercom system devices, audio devices, video devices, landscape devices, and control devices.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the video devices are one or more of the following: Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) players, digital video recorders, videocassette recorders (VCRs), cable boxes, satellite receivers, and game consoles.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the opportunities is a target electric bill for the devices.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cost savings is in units of currency.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cost savings is in units of greenhouse gas emissions.

11. A system that is configured to present saving opportunities for electronic devices, the system comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor;

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to:

receive experience based data learned from past power behavior of one or more devices;

generate one or more power saving opportunities based on the experience based data;

calculate estimated cost savings for the one or more opportunities;

present a notification message that describes the power saving opportunities and associated cost savings for the opportunities; and

permit one or more of the power saving opportunities to be altered.

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