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Method and System for Unusual Usage Reporting

  • US 20140006314A1
  • Filed: 02/12/2013
  • Published: 01/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of reducing a usage or cost of a commodity by reporting to consumers of unusual usage of the commodity, wherein the unusual usage is by a consumer during a current billing period, and wherein the current billing period is incomplete, the computer-implemented method comprising:

  • retrieving a plurality of usage-information datasets, each dataset corresponding to usage of the commodity by a consumer, each usage-information dataset including past usage of the commodity during at least one of a completed billing period and an completed portion of the current billing period;

    establishing a plurality of report-trigger conditions for the current billing period, each report-trigger condition corresponding to each consumer and based at least in part on the past usage in the usage-information dataset; and

    determining, for each consumer, whether an estimated usage established for each consumer for a remaining portion of the current billing period fulfills the report-trigger condition for the respective consumer and, if the estimated usage fulfills the report-trigger condition, outputting a report to the consumer,wherein the estimated usage is determined based at least in part on usage for the completed portion of the current billing period and a forecast of the usage for the remaining portion of the current billing period.

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