UTILIZATION OF COUPONS IN RESIDENTIAL DEMAND RESPONSE
First Claim
1. A method to manage resource usage for a demand response event, the method comprising:
- determining one or more user interests associated with a user;
receiving multiple offers from multiple merchants that each include a purchase incentive to purchase a good or service and a category of interest associated with the good or service;
identifying a match between the user and an offer from the multiple offers, including matching the one or more user interests associated with the user to the category of interest associated with the good or service;
determining a time period associated with a demand response event during which an aggregate resource consumption is to be reduced;
generating a coupon for the user that includes the offer and a performance bonus that provides a performance incentive to redeem the coupon at a specified physical location during the time period associated with the demand response event; and
providing the coupon to the user for redemption at the specified physical location, redemption of the coupon at the specified physical location by the user causes a reduction in resource consumption at a residential location associated with the user.
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Abstract
A method includes determining user interests associated with a user. The method includes receiving multiple offers from multiple merchants that each include a purchase incentive to purchase a good or service and a category of interest associated with the good or service. The method includes identifying a match between the user and an offer from the multiple offers, including matching the user interests associated with the user to the category of interest associated with the good or service. The method includes determining a time period associated with a demand response event. The method includes generating a coupon for the user that includes the offer and a performance bonus that provides a performance incentive to redeem the coupon at a specified physical location during the time period associated with the demand response event. The method includes providing the coupon to the user for redemption at the specified physical location.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to manage resource usage for a demand response event, the method comprising:
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determining one or more user interests associated with a user; receiving multiple offers from multiple merchants that each include a purchase incentive to purchase a good or service and a category of interest associated with the good or service; identifying a match between the user and an offer from the multiple offers, including matching the one or more user interests associated with the user to the category of interest associated with the good or service; determining a time period associated with a demand response event during which an aggregate resource consumption is to be reduced; generating a coupon for the user that includes the offer and a performance bonus that provides a performance incentive to redeem the coupon at a specified physical location during the time period associated with the demand response event; and providing the coupon to the user for redemption at the specified physical location, redemption of the coupon at the specified physical location by the user causes a reduction in resource consumption at a residential location associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes computer-readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to perform or control performance of operations comprising:
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determining one or more user interests associated with a user; receiving multiple offers from multiple merchants that each include a purchase incentive to purchase a good or service and a category of interest associated with the good or service; identifying a match between the user and an offer from the multiple offers, including matching the one or more user interests associated with the user to the category of interest associated with the good or service; determining a time period associated with a demand response event during which an aggregate resource consumption is to be reduced; generating a coupon for the user that includes the offer and a performance bonus that provides a performance incentive to redeem the coupon at a specified physical location during the time period associated with the demand response event; and providing the coupon to the user for redemption at the specified physical location, redemption of the coupon at the specified physical location by the user causes a reduction in resource consumption at a residential location associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method to bid for a resource based on a demand response event, the method comprising:
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determining a target cost and a target resource curtailment associated with a demand response event; receiving multiple offers from merchants; determining a likelihood that each of multiple users will redeem a coupon that includes one or more of the multiple offers from merchants at a specified physical location during a time period associated with the demand response event; generating and providing a set of coupons to a subset of the multiple users based on the target cost, the target resource curtailment, and the likelihood that each of the multiple users will redeem the coupon, redemption of one or more coupons in the set of coupons at the specified physical location by one or more of the multiple users causing a reduction in resource consumption at one or more residential locations associated with the one or more of the multiple users; estimating an aggregated curtailment of the resource based on the subset of the multiple users that receive the coupons; and bidding for the resource on a day-ahead market by providing an offer price and a quantity for the resource based on the aggregated curtailment. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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