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Smart vacation

  • US 10,033,543 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2017
  • Issued: 07/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing energy consumption, comprising:

  • detecting departure data and a corresponding current travel pattern of at least one occupant relative to a premises;

    identifying a likelihood of an absence in relation to the premises based at least in part on the departure data and the current travel pattern, the absence comprising the premises being unoccupied for at least a portion of a predetermined time period;

    determining whether a location of one or more alternative occupants of the premises relates to the current travel pattern;

    comparing the current travel pattern to stored data associated with at least one of one or more prior absence instances or learned travel characteristics;

    modifying the likelihood of the absence based at least in part on the determining and the comparing; and

    initiating, automatically, adjustment to at least one aspect of an automation system of the premises based at least in part on the likelihood of the absence, wherein the adjustment corresponds to an operation for managing energy consumption.

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