Patent ID: 8350697
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: F24F,G05B,G08C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for performing an operation related to controlling one or more energy consuming devices, the method comprising: monitoring sensor data captured by one or more sensors that sense attributes relevant to user presence at one or more monitored properties; monitoring status of one or more energy consuming devices associated with the one or more monitored properties; monitoring geographic location data of one or more users associated with the one or more monitored properties; inferring future occupancy status of the one or more users in the one or more monitored properties based on the monitored geographic location data and the monitored sensor data; determining an operation related to controlling the one or more energy consuming devices in the one or more monitored properties based on the inferred future occupancy status of the one or more users in the one or more monitored properties and the monitored status of the one or more energy consuming devices; and performing, using at least one processor, the determined operation related to controlling the one or more energy consuming devices.