Patent ID: 9734511
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06N,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for assigning a workspace, the method comprising: receiving, at a hardware processor, one or more reservation requests for the workspace associated with one or more facilities including one or more workspace areas, each workspace area including one or more workspaces; receiving, at the processor, from one or more databases, historical weather condition data, historical occupancy rates data and historical date data; receiving, at the processor, inputs including one or more of: weather condition data, occupancy rates data, and date data, associated with the one or more facilities; predicting, at the processor, based on the received inputs and a received reservation request, an energy cost for each workspace area, said predicting comprising: determining, at the processor, a user desirability value for the each workspace area; determining, at the processor, based on the predicted energy cost and the determined user desirability value, a minimum cost for operating the one or more facilities, which satisfies the received reservation request; and selecting one or more workspace area in the one or more facilities according to the determined minimum cost and the received reservation request, the selected workspace area having maximum user desirability values, wherein a processor connected to a memory device perform the receiving the reservation request, the receiving the inputs, the predicting, the determining the user desirability value, the determining the minimum cost, and the selecting.