Resource reporting
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Abstract
A method of communicating a consumer'"'"'s usage of a resource is disclosed. The consumer'"'"'s usage of the resource is compared to usage of the resource by a relevant cohort that is not based solely on geography. A result of the comparison is communicated to the consumer.
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50 Claims
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26. A computerized method for reporting a first consumer'"'"'s usage of a resource, the method comprising:
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in a first computer process, retrieving information about a first consumer and a plurality of second consumers, the information including housing data and resource usage data; in a second computer process, selecting at least one relevant consumer from the plurality of second consumers, the at least one relevant consumer being selected based, at least in part, on; at least two common characteristics between the first consumer'"'"'s home and the relevant consumer'"'"'s home, and a determination that the first consumer'"'"'s resource usage is greater than the relevant consumer'"'"'s resource usage; in a third computer process, generating a report based on a comparison of the first consumer'"'"'s resource usage data to the at least one relevant consumer'"'"'s resource usage data; and communicating the report to the first consumer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A system for reporting a first consumer'"'"'s usage of a resource, the system comprising:
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a data store for storing information about a first consumer and a plurality of second consumers, the information including housing data and resource usage data; and a processor configured to retrieve the information about the first consumer and the plurality of second consumers from the data store; wherein the processor is configured to select at least one relevant consumer from the plurality of second consumers, the at least one relevant consumer being selected based, at least in part, on; at least two common characteristics between the first consumer'"'"'s home and the relevant consumer'"'"'s home, and a determination that the first consumer'"'"'s resource usage is greater than the relevant consumer'"'"'s resource usage; wherein the processor is configured to generate a report based on a comparison of the first consumer'"'"'s resource usage data to the at least one relevant consumer'"'"'s resource usage data and communicates the report to the first consumer. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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