Targeted communication to resource consumers
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Abstract
A method of communicating to a consumer is disclosed. The consumer'"'"'s usage of a resource is compared to a relevant cohort'"'"'s usage of the resource. Based at least in part on a result of the comparison, a message is selected to be provided to the consumer.
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26. A computerized method for suggesting actions to reduce 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 at least one relevant consumer, the information including at least resource usage data; in a second computer process, comparing the first consumer'"'"'s resource usage data to the at least one relevant consumer'"'"'s resource usage data; in a third computer process, selecting at least one message from a plurality of candidate messages that each suggest an action to reduce resource usage, the selection of the message being based at least in part on the comparison of the first consumer'"'"'s resource usage data to the at least one relevant consumer'"'"'s resource usage data; and communicating the at least one message to the first consumer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A system for suggesting actions to reduce a first consumer'"'"'s usage of a resource, the method comprising:
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a data store for storing information about a first consumer and at least one relevant consumer, the information including resource usage data; and a processor configured to retrieve information about the first consumer and the at least one relevant consumer from the data store; wherein the processor is configured to compare the first consumer'"'"'s resource usage data to the at least one relevant consumer'"'"'s resource usage data and select at least one message from a plurality of candidate messages that each suggest an action to reduce resource usage, the selection of the message being based at least in part on the comparison of the first consumer'"'"'s resource usage data to the at least one relevant consumer'"'"'s resource usage data; and wherein the processor is configured to communicate the at least one message to the first consumer. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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