Patent ID: 8618941
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06F,G08B,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving water usage data from a meter device; receiving an identifier from a user associated with the meter device; providing an interactive interface to the user, the interactive interface conveying at least some water usage information based on the water usage data; receiving a first characterization of a first water activity from the user, wherein the first characterization characterizes the first water activity by a quantity of water consumed over a duration of water consumption, the first characterization including a user designation of both a period of time in the water usage information representing the duration of water consumption and a water usage categorization to be associated with the period of time; characterizing a second water activity based on pattern matching; generating a visualization based on the water usage information and the first characterization of the first water activity; and displaying the visualization.