System and method for managing delivery of public services
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1. A method of managing a public service provided by a utility, comprising:
- receiving from a first source, by an electronic circuit, presence information comprising a number of users present at each of a plurality of locations, wherein said number of users is determined based on at least one of activity information and location information from one or more communications devices at each of said plurality of locations;
receiving from a second source, by said electronic circuit, consumption information comprising an amount of energy consumed at each of said plurality of locations;
generating, by said electronic circuit, an estimated usage of said public service at each of said plurality of locations based on said presence information and said consumption information; and
generating, by said electronic circuit, a predicted future consumption of said public service for each of said plurality of locations based on said estimated usage from each of said plurality of locations.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of managing public services provided by a utility are described. The method includes determining a presence of one or more users at a particular location based on a current status of one or more communication devices. The method further includes predicting consumption of the public service responsive to the determining step.
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1. A method of managing a public service provided by a utility, comprising:
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receiving from a first source, by an electronic circuit, presence information comprising a number of users present at each of a plurality of locations, wherein said number of users is determined based on at least one of activity information and location information from one or more communications devices at each of said plurality of locations; receiving from a second source, by said electronic circuit, consumption information comprising an amount of energy consumed at each of said plurality of locations; generating, by said electronic circuit, an estimated usage of said public service at each of said plurality of locations based on said presence information and said consumption information; and generating, by said electronic circuit, a predicted future consumption of said public service for each of said plurality of locations based on said estimated usage from each of said plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for managing a public service provided by a utility, comprising:
an estimation/registration (E/R) system, comprising; a memory configured to; store presence information, received from a first source, of one or more communications devices at each of a plurality of locations, wherein said presence information includes at least one of activity information for said communications devices and location information for said communications devices, and store consumption information, received from a second source, comprising an amount of energy consumed at each of said plurality of locations; and a processor configured to; determine a number of users present at each of said plurality of locations based on said status information, generate an estimated usage of said public service at each of said plurality of locations based on said usage profile, and generate a predicted future consumption of said public service for each of said plurality of locations based on said estimated usage from each of said plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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