Patent ID: 7957980

Claim:
A system for identifying utility theft for an entity under a Continuous Service Agreement with a utility company where the utility service is never turned off such that the entity may legally use utility services while a premise associated with a property management system, is vacant comprising: a utility service provider, wherein the utility service provider is operable to receive utility data associated with the premise; a notification system associated with the utility service provider and in communication with the property management system, wherein the notification system is operable to: receive tenant data, wherein the tenant data includes at least one of the lease start date or actual move-in date and at least one of an expected move-out date or the actual move-out date, from the property management system via at least one network, wherein the tenant data identifies at least one tenant responsible for a utility service; automatically compare at least one of the lease start date or the actual move-in date and at least one of the expected move-out date or the actual move-out date to the utility data to identify the unauthorized use of utility services under the Continuous Service Agreement of the entity with the utility service provider; and provide one or more alerts identifying when the unauthorized use of utility services is detected.