Patent ID: 8214841
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y02D,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for carbon offset computing, comprising: gathering and storing resource consumption data related to embarking on a specified computing task by a computational device; completing by the computational device the specified computing task; calculating an amount of carbon offset required to compensate for resource consumption associated with performance of the completed specified computing task by the computational device as a function of stored resource consumption data by: invoking a user-selected carbon offset level provided through an interface of the computational device prior to the performance of the processing task by the computational device; querying a policy table containing a plurality of possible computational device resource considerations as a function of the carbon offset level invoking; displaying an available subset of the plurality of possible carbon offset levels to a user as a function of the querying of the policy table; the user selecting at least one of the available subset possible carbon offset levels; implementing the at least one selected carbon offset level for the computational device to perform the specified processing task; and displaying a carbon offset function performed by the at least one selected carbon offset level; transmitting the calculated amount of carbon offset to a carbon offset function provider; and implementing the carbon offset function based upon the calculated amount of carbon offset for the completed specified computing task.