Reactive replenishable device management
First Claim
28. A computer-implemented method for reactive replenishable device management, comprising:
- step for receiving device measurement data from at least one device, said at least one device comprising at least one of one or more replenishable devices, one or more replenishers associated with said one or more replenishable devices, and one or more other devices associated with said one or more replenishable devices;
step for updating one or more device usage profiles associated with said at least one device, said one or more device usage profiles comprising information regarding the use of said at least one device; and
step for if an analysis of said one or more device usage profiles indicates usage of said at least one device is sub-optimal, performing one or more of;
controlling at least one of an attribute or an operation of said at least one device if said controlling is enabled;
issuing to a user of said at least one device, one or more device management recommendations if said issuing of said recommendations is enabled; and
issuing to said user one or more user alerts if said issuing of said alerts is enabled.
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Abstract
Reactive replenishable device management comprises receiving device measurement data from at least one device, updating one or more device usage profiles associated with the at least one device, and if an analysis of the one or more device usage profiles indicates usage of the at least one device is sub-optimal, performing one or more of: controlling at least one of an attribute or an operation of the at least one device, issuing one or more device management recommendations to a user of the at least one device, and issuing one or more user alerts to the user. The at least one device comprises at least one of one or more replenishable devices, one or more replenishers associated with the one or more replenishable devices, and one or more other devices associated with the one or more replenishable devices.
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28. A computer-implemented method for reactive replenishable device management, comprising:
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step for receiving device measurement data from at least one device, said at least one device comprising at least one of one or more replenishable devices, one or more replenishers associated with said one or more replenishable devices, and one or more other devices associated with said one or more replenishable devices;
step for updating one or more device usage profiles associated with said at least one device, said one or more device usage profiles comprising information regarding the use of said at least one device; and
step for if an analysis of said one or more device usage profiles indicates usage of said at least one device is sub-optimal, performing one or more of;
controlling at least one of an attribute or an operation of said at least one device if said controlling is enabled;
issuing to a user of said at least one device, one or more device management recommendations if said issuing of said recommendations is enabled; and
issuing to said user one or more user alerts if said issuing of said alerts is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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47-1. The method of claim 28, further comprising step for delivering said user alert to said user via one or more of a phone call, a pager, an email message, a message on a display screen, and an alarm.
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55. An apparatus for reactive replenishable device management, comprising:
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receiving device measurement data from at least one device, said at least one device comprising at least one of one or more replenishable devices, one or more replenishers associated with said one or more replenishable devices, and one or more other devices associated with said one or more replenishable devices;
updating one or more device usage profiles associated with said at least one device, said one or more device usage profiles comprising information regarding the use of said at least one device; and
if an analysis of said one or more device usage profiles indicates usage of said at least one device is sub-optimal, performing one or more of;
controlling at least one of an attribute or an operation of said at least one device if said controlling is enabled;
issuing to a user of said at least one device, one or more device management recommendations if said issuing of said recommendations is enabled; and
issuing to said user one or more user alerts if said issuing of said alerts is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for reactive replenishable device management, the method comprising:
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receiving device measurement data from at least one device, said at least one device comprising at least one of one or more replenishable devices, one or more replenishers associated with said one or more replenishable devices, and one or more other devices associated with said one or more replenishable devices;
updating one or more device usage profiles associated with said at least one device, said one or more device usage profiles comprising information regarding the use of said at least one device; and
if an analysis of said one or more device usage profiles indicates usage of said at least one device is sub-optimal, performing one or more of;
controlling at least one of an attribute or an operation of said at least one device if said controlling is enabled;
issuing to a user of said at least one device, one or more device management recommendations if said issuing of said recommendations is enabled; and
issuing to said user one or more user alerts if said issuing of said alerts is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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109. An apparatus for reactive replenishable device management, comprising:
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an aggregator adapted to receive device measurement data from at least one device, said at least one device comprising at least one of one or more replenishable devices, one or more replenishers associated with said one or more replenishable devices, and one or more other devices associated with said one or more replenishable devices;
an analyzer adapted to update one or more device usage profiles based at least in part on said device measurement data, said one or more device usage profiles associated with said at least one device, said one or more device usage profiles comprising information regarding the use of said at least one device; and
a determiner adapted to determine if an analysis of said one or more device usage profiles indicates usage of said at least one device is sub-optimal; and
an automatic controller operatively coupled to said determiner and adapted to control at least one of an attribute or an operation of said at least one device if said controlling is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135)
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136. A system for reactive replenishable device management, comprising:
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a communication means;
at least one device comprising at least one of one or more replenishable devices, one or more replenishers associated with said one or more replenishable devices, and one or more other devices associated with said one or more replenishable devices; and
a remote device manager comprising;
an aggregator adapted to receive device measurement data from said at least one device via said communication means;
an analyzer adapted to update one or more device usage profiles based at least in part on said device measurement data, said one or more device usage profiles associated with said at least one device, said one or more device usage profiles comprising information regarding the use of said at least one device; and
a determiner adapted to determine if an analysis of said one or more device usage profiles indicates usage of said at least one device is sub-optimal; and
an automatic controller operatively coupled to said determiner and adapted to control at least one of an attribute or an operation of said at least one device if said controlling is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164)
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