Patent ID: 9542658
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G01R,G01W,G06Q,G06T,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of identifying resource use, comprising: periodically receiving use of the resource from a meter, wherein the meter measures resource use for a metered location; graphically displaying to a user the resource use received from the meter over time; identifying to the user, by a processor, at least one resource use area of the graph of the resource use over time that indicates use of a resource by at least one device responsive to at least one steep slope of the graph, wherein the at least one device is at the metered location; receiving from the user an identifier of at least one of the at least one device of the metered location that caused the resource to be used in the manner corresponding to at least one of the at least one resource use area; identifying, by a processor, exceptional use of the resource responsive to the identifier of the at least one of the at least one device and the use of the resource; and providing information regarding correcting the exceptional use.