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Method And Apparatus For Enhancing Consumer Awareness Of Utility Consumption And Cost Data

  • US 20120166233A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2010
  • Published: 06/28/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a communication system including a user platform operably connected to a utility meter, the utility meter and user platform being operable to obtain utility consumption information corresponding to utility services used at a customer premises, a method comprising the user platform:

  • communicating the utility consumption information to a content provider that is adapted to deliver display content corresponding to the utility consumption information, the display content defining externally-produced content;

    receiving the externally-produced content;

    processing one or more of the externally-produced content or the utility consumption information to derive one or more instances of supplemental content, wherein the supplemental content is adapted to supplement the externally-produced content; and

    displaying at least a portion of the supplemental content simultaneously with the externally-produced content.

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