RATING ENGINE FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT ITEMS

• US 20080281747A1
• Filed: 04/03/2008
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: APX, Inc. (Xpansiv Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: APX, Inc. (Xpansiv Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shults, Robert B., Asteriadis, Sakis L., Heyeck, Michael, Chau, Hung A., Melby, John M., Musier, Reiner F. H.
• Application Number:
  US12/062,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20080281747A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06395 Quality analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/84 Greenhouse gas [GHG] management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/845 Inventory and reporting systems for greenhouse gases [GHG]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/90 Financial instruments for climate change mitigation, e.g. environmental taxes, subsidies or financing
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/12 : Billing, invoicing, buying or selling transactions or other related activities, e.g. cost or usage evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/14 : Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards

Abstract

Methods and systems for facilitating exchange of rights associated with environmentally relevant items are provided. The methods and systems may include identifying a type of environmentally relevant item recognized by a market associated with an environmentally relevant action and providing a user interface whereby a user may access a rating relating to a particular environmentally relevant item.

Claims

A. A system for facilitating exchange of rights associated with environmentally relevant items, comprising

a user interface for identifying a type of environmentally relevant item recognized by a market associated with an environmentally relevant action;

and

in the user interface, a rating facility whereby a user may access a rating relating to a particular environmentally relevant action that may qualify as the environmentally relevant item.

1. A method for facilitating exchange of rights associated with environmentally relevant items, comprising

identifying a type of environmentally relevant item recognized by a market associated with an environmentally relevant action;

and

providing a user interface whereby a user may access a rating relating to a particular environmentally relevant action that may qualify as the environmentally relevant item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a user may access ratings across more than one jurisdiction for potentially relevant actions.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a user may access ratings for more than one type of environmentally relevant action.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a user may access ratings across more than one jurisdiction for environmentally relevant items.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a user may access ratings for more than one type of environmentally relevant item.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface contains a dashboard that displays information relating to at least one environmentally relevant item.

46. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a reporting engine.

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66. A method for facilitating exchange of rights associated with environmentally relevant items, comprising

identifying a type of environmentally relevant item recognized by a market associated with an environmentally relevant action;

providing a user interface whereby a user may compare ratings relating a particular environmentally relevant action that may qualify as the environmentally relevant item; and

in the user interface, allowing a user to take an action with respect to a rated environmentally relevant action.

70. The method of claim 66, wherein a user may access ratings for more than one type of environmentally relevant item.

71. The method of claim 66, wherein a user may access ratings for actions eligible for a carbon credit.

72. The method of claim 66, wherein a user may access ratings for actions eligible for a pollution reduction credit.

73. The method of claim 66, wherein a user may access ratings for actions eligible for an energy efficiency credit.

74. The method of claim 66, wherein a user may access ratings for actions eligible for a renewable energy credit.

75. The method of claim 66, wherein the rating relates to an exchange rate.

76. The method of claim 66, wherein the rating relates to a derivative.

83. The method of claim 66, wherein the user interface is a dashboard allowing for tracking the impact of various environmentally relevant actions.

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144. The system of claim 131, wherein the user interface contains a dashboard that displays information relating to at least one environmentally relevant item.

145. The system of claim 131, wherein the user interface facilitates applying an environmentally relevant item to offset an activity.

146. The system of claim 131, wherein the user interface facilitates tracking the application of environmentally relevant items relating to an activity.

147. The system of claim 131, wherein the user interface facilitates presentation of alternative options for obtaining environmentally relevant items in different jurisdictions.

148. The system of claim 131, wherein the user interface is a dashboard allowing for tracking the impact of various environmentally relevant actions.

149. The system of claim 131, wherein the user interface is a subcomponent of a software platform for managing environmentally relevant items.

150. The system of claim 149, wherein the platform is for a voluntary market.

151. The system of claim 149, wherein the platform is for a mandatory market.

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160. The system of claim 131, wherein the environmentally relevant item resides in a depository.

161. The system of claim 160, wherein the depository includes environmentally relevant items of different types.

162. The system of claim 160, wherein the depository includes environmentally relevant items relating to different jurisdictions.

163. The system of claim 131, wherein the environmentally relevant item is entered in a registry.

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176. The system of claim 131 further comprising a reporting engine.

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196. A system for facilitating exchange of rights associated with environmentally relevant items, comprising

a user interface for identifying a type of environmentally relevant item recognized by a market associated with an environmentally relevant action, wherein a user may compare ratings relating to a particular environmentally relevant action that may qualify as the environmentally relevant item;

and

an activation facility whereby a user may take an action in the user interface with respect to a rated environmentally relevant action.

209. The system of claim 196, wherein the user interface contains a dashboard that displays information relating to at least one environmentally relevant item.

223. The system of claim 196 further comprising a credit and clearing engine.

224. The system of claim 196 further comprising a timing manager.

243. The system of claim 196 further comprising an auction facility.

244. The system of claim 196 further comprising a trading engine.

246. The system of claim 196, wherein the environmentally relevant item is associated with a buying network.

256. The system of claim 196, wherein the environmentally relevant item relates to a carbon credit.

257. The system of claim 196, wherein the environmentally relevant item relates to an energy efficiency credit.

258. The system of claim 196, wherein the environmentally relevant item relates to pollution reduction credit.

259. The system of claim 196, wherein the environmentally relevant item relates to renewable energy credit.

260. The system of claim 196, wherein the environmentally relevant item is a credit.

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