Patents by Inventor Andrew Laforteza

Andrew Laforteza has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Analytic-based energy consumption control
    Patent number: 10168673
    Abstract: For analytic-based control of energy consumption, an appliance module receives an appliance identifier of an appliance connected to a power outlet, a selection module selects a power model for the power outlet based on the appliance identifier, the power model designating times that the power outlet is to be powered and times that the power outlet is to be unpowered, a usage module receives energy usage data for a power outlet, a presence module receives user presence data for a locale containing the power outlet, a update module modifies a power model for the power outlet based on the energy usage data and the user presence data, and a power control module selectively provides electrical power to the power outlet according to the power schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Bowers, Andrew Laforteza, Ryan D. McNair, Alvaro Sanchez-Cifuentes
  • ANALYTIC-BASED ENERGY CONSUMPTION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170256941
    Abstract: For analytic-based control of energy consumption, an appliance module receives an appliance identifier of an appliance connected to a power outlet, a selection module selects a power model for the power outlet based on the appliance identifier, the power model designating times that the power outlet is to be powered and times that the power outlet is to be unpowered, a usage module receives energy usage data for a power outlet, a presence module receives user presence data for a locale containing the power outlet, a update module modifies a power model for the power outlet based on the energy usage data and the user presence data, and a power control module selectively provides electrical power to the power outlet according to the power schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: John A. Bowers, Andrew Laforteza, Ryan D. McNair, Alvaro Sanchez-Cifuentes