Patents by Inventor Graham Barr

Graham Barr 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).

  • Method and system to provide feedback for energy saving to a user of a property comprising a plurality of appliances
    Patent number: 10083491
    Abstract: A system to provide feedback for energy saving to a user of a property comprising a plurality of appliances, the system comprising: at least one sensor monitoring energy consumption of one or more appliances within the property; a user interface to provide feedback to the user; and a processor configured to receive input data from an energy bill for the property covering a predetermined period; receive input regional average statistics regarding energy consumption for a set of predetermined categories of energy usage; generate a model of energy usage within a plurality of categories over the predetermined period by combining the input data, energy consumption data from the at least one sensor and generic statistics regarding energy consumption and output, via the user interface, feedback to the user based on the generated model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Centrica Hive Limited
    Inventors: Miroslav Hamouz, Benjamin Kenneth Coppin, Graham Barr, Colin Chapman, Jack Elliot Hargreaves, Daniel James Palmer
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY MODELLING
    Publication number: 20140244057
    Abstract: A system to provide feedback for energy saving to a user of a property comprising a plurality of appliances, the system comprising: at least one sensor monitoring energy consumption of one or more appliances within the property; a user interface to provide feedback to the user; and a processor configured to receive input data from an energy bill for the property covering a predetermined period; receive input regional average statistics regarding energy consumption for a set of pre-determined categories of energy usage; generate a model of energy usage within a plurality of categories over the predetermined period by combining the input data, energy consumption data from the at least one sensor and generic statistics regarding energy consumption and output, via the user interface, feedback to the user based on the generated model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Miroslav Hamouz, Benjamin Kenneth Coppin, Graham Barr, Colin Chapman, Jack Elliot Hargreaves, Daniel James Palmer