EVENT IDENTIFICATION
First Claim
1. ) A method of identifying an event associated with consumption of a utility comprising the steps of:
- generating a utility consumption profile from utility consumption data, the utility consumption data comprising a plurality of utility consumption values measured at a corresponding plurality of measurement points; and
identifying an event within the utility consumption profile that matches the profile of an event stored in a database of utility consumption profiles.
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Abstract
A method of identifying an event associated with consumption of a utility comprising the steps of generating a utility consumption profile from utility consumption data, the utility consumption data comprising a plurality of utility consumption values measured at a corresponding plurality of measurement points, and identifying an event within the utility consumption profile that matches the profile of an event stored in a database of utility consumption profiles. A computer implemented apparatus, a computer program code and an article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable storage medium and executable program instructions embodied therein, for carrying out the method are also provided.
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46 Claims
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1. ) A method of identifying an event associated with consumption of a utility comprising the steps of:
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generating a utility consumption profile from utility consumption data, the utility consumption data comprising a plurality of utility consumption values measured at a corresponding plurality of measurement points; and identifying an event within the utility consumption profile that matches the profile of an event stored in a database of utility consumption profiles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. ) Computer-implemented event identification apparatus comprising:
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a profile generator for generating a utility consumption profile from utility consumption data, the utility consumption data comprising a plurality of utility consumption values measured at a corresponding plurality of time points; and an event identifier for identifying an event within the utility consumption profile that matches the profile of an event stored in a database of utility consumption profiles.
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26. ) An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-readable storage medium; and executable program instructions embodied in the machine readable storage medium that when executed by a programmable system causes the system to perform the function of identifying an event associated with consumption of a utility comprising the steps of; generating a utility consumption profile from utility consumption data, the utility consumption data comprising a plurality of utility consumption values measured at a corresponding plurality of measurement points; and identifying an event within the utility consumption profile that matches the profile of an event stored in a database of utility consumption profiles.
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27. ) A method of compressing utility consumption data comprising a plurality of utility consumption values at a corresponding plurality of measurement points comprising:
- determining a gradient of change of utility consumption value between each consecutive measurement point, and identifying and storing measurement points where a change in the gradient exceeds a threshold value.
- View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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30. ) A device for compressing utility consumption data comprising a plurality of utility consumption values at a corresponding plurality of measurement points, the device comprising:
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means for determining a gradient of change of utility consumption value between each consecutive measurement point, and means for identifying and storing measurement points where a change in the gradient exceeds a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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37. ) An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-readable storage medium; and executable program instructions embodied in the machine readable storage medium that when executed by a programmable system causes the system to perform the function of compressing utility consumption data, comprising the steps of; determining a gradient of change of utility consumption value between each consecutive measurement point, and identifying and storing measurement points where a change in the gradient exceeds a threshold value.
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38. ) A method of identifying an appliance comprising the steps of:
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identifying a candidate appliance by matching utility consumption of known appliances stored in a database to measured consumption of a first utility; and comparing a known property of the candidate appliance to a property of the measured appliance to verify the accuracy of the match. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46)
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42. ) Computer implemented apparatus comprising:
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means for identifying a candidate appliance by matching utility consumption of known appliances stored in a database to measured consumption of a first utility; means for identifying a second property of an appliance; and means for comparing a known property of the candidate appliance to a property of the measured appliance to verify the accuracy of the match.
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43. ) An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-readable storage medium; and executable program instructions embodied in the machine readable storage medium that when executed by a programmable system causes the system to perform the function of identifying an appliance, comprising the steps of; identifying a candidate appliance by matching utility consumption of known appliances stored in a database to measured consumption of a first utility; and comparing a known property of the candidate appliance to a property of the measured appliance to verify the accuracy of the match.
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