Patent ID: 9535813
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method by a computing device, comprising: monitoring, by the computing device, resource consumption of the computing device pertaining to a user's operation of the computing device the computing device having a display, internal components, and a housing surrounding the internal components, the internal components comprising a processor and memory, wherein the resource consumption monitored comprises energy consumption of the computing device comprising energy consumption of the display, the processor, and the memory; storing, by the computing device, resource consumption data obtained from the monitoring, the resource consumption data comprising data of the energy consumption; receiving, by the computing device, a request from the user for information regarding the resource consumption or environmental impact of the resource consumption, or both, associated with the user's operation of the computing device; presenting, by the computing device, the information to the user via the display; providing a recommendation to the user regarding how the user can reduce the resource consumption; and receiving a request from the user to run a simulation that adopts the recommendation, running the simulation, and presenting a result of the simulation to the user.