Patent ID: 6748299
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: H02J,H04L,H05B,Y02B,Y02D

Abstract:
A method for managing power consumption in a building, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:receiving a signal that indicates that a user has entered or left the building; determining, based upon the signal and status data, whether the user has entered the building or left the building; if the user has entered the building, then causing one or more resources in the building to transition from the first state to the second state, wherein the one or more resources include a computer, and wherein when operating in the first state, the one or more resources consume relatively less power relative to when the one or more resources are operating in the second state; if the user has left the building, then causing the one or more resources in the building to transition from the second state to the first state; and if the user was the last user to leave the building, then causing one or more processes executing on the computer to be terminated and causing the computer to transition to a low power consumption state.