Dean T Allen

US Patent:

20160132975, May 12, 2016

Filed:

Apr 2, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/677792

Inventors:

- Arlington VA, US
Jacqueline Chiu - San Francisco CA, US
Dean Allen - San Francisco CA, US
Patrick Harazin - San Francisco CA, US
Brian Sloss - San Francisco CA, US
Koorosh Nouri - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 50/06
G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

Methods and systems for identifying high usage periods are provided herein. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises obtaining usage data covering a period of time, wherein the usage data comprises a plurality of usage values, each usage value indicating an amount of a commodity consumed over a respective time interval. The method also comprises grouping the usage values into a plurality of groups, wherein each group corresponds to a different time period, and, for each group, computing usage for the group based on the usage values in the group. The method further comprises identifying a group from the plurality of groups having a largest computed usage.