IP Library Granted Patent US 10,616,667
Granted Patent B1
US 10,616,667 · App. 16/362,609 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

Gas meter energy-saving motivation method based on compound internet of things (IoT) and IoT system

Inventor: Zehua Shao (Chengdu, CN)
Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
H04Q9/00G06F16/903H04L67/12H04L67/20H04Q2209/826
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Patent No.
US 10,616,667
App. No.
16/362,609
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention provides a gas meter energy-saving motivating method and Internet of Things (IoT) system based on a compound IoT, and relates to the field of the IoT. According to the gas meter energy-saving motivating method and IoT system based on the compound IoT, each of management sub-platforms searches for family population information associated with Identification (ID) information, calculates an average monthly gas usage amount according to monthly gas usage amounts and the family population information, sorts monthly per capita gas usage amounts in a preset area according to ID information in an ascending order, and sends a sorting result to a service platform; and then, the service platform sends reward information to user sub-platforms corresponding to top-ranked N monthly per capita gas usage amounts according to the sorting result. Therefore, users who save the gas can be rewarded; and thus, the gas meter energy-saving motivating method and IoT system may accelerate the users to save the gas, enhance the gas-saving consciousness of the users, and are energy-saving and environment-friendly.

Claims (44)

1. A gas meter energy-saving motivating method based on a compound Internet of Things (IoT) comprising:

a plurality of user sub-platforms, a service platform, a plurality of management sub-platforms, a plurality of sensor network sub-platforms and a plurality of object sub-platforms; each of the object sub-platforms comprises a gas meter; and the gas meter energy-saving motivating method based on the compound IoT comprises:

periodically sending, by each of a plurality of gas meters, a monthly gas usage amount and Identification (ID) information to a corresponding management sub-platform via a corresponding sensor network sub-platform, wherein each of the gas meters is included in one of a plurality of object sub-platforms;

searching for, by each of a plurality of management sub-platforms, family population information associated with the ID information, and calculating an average monthly gas usage amount according to monthly gas usage amounts and the family population information;

sorting, by each of the management sub-platforms, monthly per capita gas usage amounts in a preset area according to the ID information in an ascending order, and sending a sorting result to a service platform; and

sending, by the service platform, reward information to a plurality of user sub-platforms corresponding to one or more top-ranked monthly per capita gas usage amounts according to the sorting result.

2. The gas meter energy-saving motivating method based on the compound IoT according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

recording, by each of the management sub-platforms, a ranking of a monthly per capita gas usage amount corresponding to each piece of the received the ID information, and calculating a progressive ranking in the current month relative to the previous month;

sorting, by each of the management sub-platforms, progressive rankings in a descending order, and finding out the ID information of one or more top-ranked users making the greatest progress;

sending, by each of the management sub-platforms, the ID information of one or more users that made the greatest progress to the service platform; and

sending, by the service platform, the reward information to the corresponding user sub-platforms according to the ID information of the one or more users that made the greatest progress to the service platform.

3. The gas meter energy-saving motivating method based on the compound IoT according to claim 2 , wherein before the step of recording, by each of the management sub-platforms, a ranking of a monthly per capita gas usage amount corresponding to each piece of the received the ID information, and calculating a progressive ranking in the current month relative to the previous month, the gas meter energy-saving motivating method based on the compound IoT further comprising:

receiving, by the service platform, position information sent by each of the user sub-platforms, and sending the position information to corresponding management sub-platforms;

judging, by each of the management sub-platforms, according to the position information sent by each of the user sub-platforms and preset home position information, whether the number of days of a user at home in each month exceeds the preset number of days or not;

if the number of days of users at home in each month exceeds the preset number of days, screening out, by each of the management sub-platforms, ID information associated with the position information; and

wherein the step of recording, by each of the management sub-platforms, a ranking of a monthly per capita gas usage amount corresponding to each piece of the received ID information, and calculating a progressive ranking in the current month relative to the previous month comprises: recording, by each of the management sub-platforms, rankings of monthly per capita gas usage amounts corresponding to the screened ID information, and calculating progressive rankings in the current month relative to the previous month.

4. The gas meter energy-saving motivating method based on the compound IoT according to claim 1 , wherein the gas meter energy-saving motivating method based on the compound IoT further comprises:

receiving, by the service platform, a friend adding request sent by each of the user sub-platforms and ID information of each of the user sub-platforms, and sending the friend adding request and the ID information of each of the user sub-platforms to corresponding management sub-platforms;

dividing, by each of the management sub-platforms, the ID information associated with the friend adding request and the ID information of the user sub-platforms into groups, and sorting monthly per capita gas usage amounts in each group in an ascending manner;

sending, by each of the management sub-platforms, the sorted ID information to the service platform;

sending, by the service platform, the sorted ID information to corresponding user platforms; and

displaying, by each of the user platforms, the sorted ID information via a third-party publishing platform.

5. The gas meter energy-saving motivating method based on the compound IoT according to claim 4 , wherein the third-party publishing platform is a WeChat platform or a QQ platform or an Alipay platform.

6. A gas meter energy-saving motivating Internet of Things (IoT) system based on a compound IoT comprising:

a plurality of user sub-platforms, a service platform, a plurality of management sub-platforms, a plurality of sensor network sub-platforms and a plurality of object sub-platforms; and each of the object sub-platforms comprises a gas meter;

wherein each of the gas meters is configured to periodically send a monthly gas usage amount and Identification (ID) information to a corresponding management sub-platform via a corresponding sensor network sub-platform;

wherein each of the management sub-platforms is configured to search for family population information associated with the ID information, and calculate an average monthly gas usage amount according to monthly gas usage amounts and the family population information;

wherein each of the management sub-platforms is configured to sort monthly per capita gas usage amounts in a preset area according to the ID information in an ascending order, and send a sorting result to the service platform; and

wherein the service platform is configured to send reward information to user sub-platforms corresponding to one or more top-ranked monthly per capita gas usage amounts according to the sorting result.

7. The gas meter energy-saving motivating IoT system based on the compound IoT according to claim 6 , wherein each of the management sub-platforms is further configured to record a ranking of a monthly per capita gas usage amount corresponding to each piece of the received ID information, and calculate a progressive ranking in the current month relative to the previous month;

each of the management sub-platforms is further configured to sort progressive rankings in a descending order, and find out the ID information of one or more top-ranked users that made the greatest progress;

each of the management sub-platforms is further configured to send the ID information of the one or more users that made the greatest progress to the service platform; and

the service platform is further configured to send the reward information to the corresponding user sub-platforms according to the ID information of the one or more users that made the greatest progress.

8. The gas meter energy-saving motivating IoT system based on the compound IoT according to claim 7 , wherein the service platform is configured to receive position information sent by each of the user sub-platforms, and send the position information to corresponding management sub-platforms;

each of the management sub-platforms is further configured to judge, according to the position information sent by each of the user sub-platforms and preset home position information, whether or not the number of days of a user at home in each month exceeds the preset number of days;

if the number of days of users at home in each month exceeds the preset number of days, each of the management sub-platforms is further configured to screen out ID information associated with the position information; and

each of the management sub-platforms is further configured to record rankings of monthly per capita gas usage amounts corresponding to the screened ID information, and calculate progressive rankings in the current month relative to the previous month.

9. The gas meter energy-saving motivating IoT system based on the compound IoT according to claim 6 , wherein

the service platform is further configured to receive a friend adding request sent by each of the user sub-platforms and ID information of each of the user sub-platforms, and send the friend adding request and the ID information of each of the user sub-platforms to corresponding management sub-platforms;

each of the management sub-platforms is further configured to divide ID information associated with the friend adding request and ID information of the user sub-platforms into groups, and sort monthly per capita gas usage amounts in each group in an ascending manner;

each of the management sub-platforms is further configured to send the sorted ID information to the service platform;

the service platform is further configured to send the sorted ID information to corresponding user platforms; and

each of the user platforms is further configured to display the sorted ID information via a third-party publishing platform.

10. The gas meter energy-saving motivating IoT system based on the compound IoT according to claim 9 , wherein the third-party publishing platform is a WeChat platform or a QQ platform or an Alipay platform.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 31, 2022
From: CHENGDU QINCHUAN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
To: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061032/0799 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2019
From: SHAO, ZEHUA
To: CHENGDU QINCHUAN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048681/0187 →
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