Object based energy usage and tracking
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a selection of a building via a touchscreen interface;
identifying, responsive to receipt of the building selection, a plurality of rooms based on a stored data record associated with the selected building;
populating, responsive to identification of the plurality of rooms, the touchscreen interface with visual representations of the plurality of rooms of the selected building;
receiving a selection of a room within the plurality of rooms via the touchscreen interface;
identifying a plurality of predefined assets associated with the selected room;
providing a list of the plurality of predefined assets on the touchscreen interface in a manner facilitating selection of an asset for the selected room via the touchscreen interface;
facilitating entry of make and model information of the selected asset via the touchscreen interface; and
retrieving estimated energy usage information based on the make and model information of the selected asset from a database of building assets via a network connection.
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a selection of a building via a touchscreen interface, identifying a plurality of rooms based on a stored data record associated with the selected building, populating the touchscreen interface with visual representations of the plurality of rooms of the selected building, receiving a selection of a room via the touchscreen interface, identifying a plurality of predefined objects associated with the selected room, providing a list of the plurality of predefined objects on the touchscreen interface in a manner facilitating selection of an asset for the selected room via the touchscreen interface, facilitating entry of make and model information of the selected asset via the touchscreen interface, and retrieving estimated energy usage information based on the make and model information of the selected asset from a database of building objects via a network connection.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a selection of a building via a touchscreen interface; identifying, responsive to receipt of the building selection, a plurality of rooms based on a stored data record associated with the selected building; populating, responsive to identification of the plurality of rooms, the touchscreen interface with visual representations of the plurality of rooms of the selected building; receiving a selection of a room within the plurality of rooms via the touchscreen interface; identifying a plurality of predefined assets associated with the selected room; providing a list of the plurality of predefined assets on the touchscreen interface in a manner facilitating selection of an asset for the selected room via the touchscreen interface; facilitating entry of make and model information of the selected asset via the touchscreen interface; and retrieving estimated energy usage information based on the make and model information of the selected asset from a database of building assets via a network connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for causing a smart phone executing the instructions to carry out a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a selection of a building via a touchscreen interface of the smart phone; identifying, responsive to receipt of the building selection, a plurality of rooms based on a stored data record associated with the selected building; populating, responsive to identification of the plurality of rooms, the touchscreen interface of the smart phone with visual representations of the plurality of rooms of the building; receiving a selection of a room within the plurality of rooms via the touchscreen interface of the smart phone; identifying a plurality of predefined assets associated with the selected room; providing a list of the plurality of predefined assets on the touchscreen interface of the smart phone in a manner facilitating use of the touchscreen to select an asset for the selected room; facilitating entry of make and model information of the selected asset via the touchscreen interface of the smart phone; and retrieving estimated energy usage information based on the make and model information of the selected asset from a database of building assets via a network connection. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A device comprising:
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a processor; a storage device to store code to execute on the processor; a touchscreen interface to display graphical representations of rooms and assets and to facilitate user input via screen touches and gestures; wherein the code executing on the processor causes the device to perform a method comprising; receiving a selection of a building via a touchscreen interface; identifying, responsive to receipt of the building selection, a plurality of rooms based on a stored data record associated with the selected building; populating, responsive to identification of the plurality of rooms, the touchscreen interface with visual representations of rooms of the building; receiving a selection of a room within the plurality of rooms via the touchscreen interface; identifying a plurality of predefined assets associated with the selected room; providing a list of the plurality of predefined assets on the touchscreen interface in a manner facilitating use of the touchscreen interface to select an asset for a visual representation of the selected room; facilitating entry of make and model information of the selected asset via the touchscreen interface; and retrieving estimated energy usage information based on the make and model information of the selected asset from a database of building assets via a network connection. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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