Patents by Inventor Michael Bukhin

Michael Bukhin 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).

  • Patent number: 9471718
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides accurate, targeted, building improvement content in a way that resonates with the user by considering the user's whole ecosystem. The technology uses details of the user's home, neighborhood, family, environmental and historical factors, goals, economic situation, and motivations and preferences to tailor content to a user's personal situation. A server or other computing device may accomplish this by receiving data from the client, a third party, or data local to the server; building modeling constructs based on these data sets such as a physics-based model of the building and a behavioral model of the user; operating these models relative to possible discrete building improvement content units; and using the results to determine personalized building improvement content for the user such as, for example, a webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Tendril Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bukhin, Paul Cole, Charles D. Corbin, Emily Weitkamp
  • Publication number: 20160004290
    Abstract: A method and system for managing energy usage in a building is provided. The method includes collecting data on energy consumption in the building on a generally continuous basis for at least a given time period. Information relating to the energy consumption is displayed to a user on one or more devices. The information includes (a) the data collected on energy consumption to be displayed in real-time on the one or more devices, (b) a comparison of the data collected on energy consumption in the building to energy consumption data of a cohort or group of cohorts, (c) recommendations for reducing energy consumption in the building based on the data collected on energy consumption, and (d) progress report data comparing the data collected on energy consumption to a desired consumption level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Bukhin, Paul Cole, Robert Faludi, Demetrie Tyler
  • Patent number: 9026261
    Abstract: A method and system for managing energy usage in a building is provided. The method includes collecting data on energy consumption in the building on a generally continuous basis for at least a given time period. Information relating to the energy consumption is displayed to a user on one or more devices. The information includes (a) the data collected on energy consumption to be displayed in real-time on the one or more devices, (b) a comparison of the data collected on energy consumption in the building to energy consumption data of a cohort or group of cohorts, (c) recommendations for reducing energy consumption in the building based on the data collected on energy consumption, and (d) progress report data comparing the data collected on energy consumption to a desired consumption level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Tendril Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bukhin, Paul Cole, Robert Faludi, Demetrie Tyler
  • Publication number: 20140278264
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides accurate, targeted, building improvement content in a way that resonates with the user by considering the user's whole ecosystem. The technology uses details of the user's home, neighborhood, family, environmental and historical factors, goals, economic situation, and motivations and preferences to tailor content to a user's personal situation. A server or other computing device may accomplish this by receiving data from the client, a third party, or data local to the server; building modeling constructs based on these data sets such as a physics-based model of the building and a behavioral model of the user; operating these models relative to possible discrete building improvement content units; and using the results to determine personalized building improvement content for the user such as, for example, a webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Bukhin, Paul Cole, Charles D. Corbin, Emily Weitkamp
  • Publication number: 20110022242
    Abstract: A method and system for managing energy usage in a building is provided. The method includes collecting data on energy consumption in the building on a generally continuous basis for at least a given time period. Information relating to the energy consumption is displayed to a user on one or more devices. The information includes (a) the data collected on energy consumption to be displayed in real-time on the one or more devices, (b) a comparison of the data collected on energy consumption in the building to energy consumption data of a cohort or group of cohorts, (c) recommendations for reducing energy consumption in the building based on the data collected on energy consumption, and (d) progress report data comparing the data collected on energy consumption to a desired consumption level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: GroundedPower, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Bukhin, Paul Cole, Robert Faludi, Demetrie Tyler
  • Publication number: 20070168501
    Abstract: This invention features a method of delivering information over one or more information delivery networks, the method including: monitoring the actions of a user on the one or more networks to obtain observed user data relating to a desired behavior modification; obtaining user supplied data relating to the desired behavior modification; evaluating the observed user data and the use supplied data to generate tailored information for progressing a user towards the desired behavior modification; presenting the tailored information to the user over at least one of the networks; and repeating steps a), b), c) and d) until the desired behavior modification is achieved. The user is continually provided with re-tailored information resulting from an iterative process of obtaining and evaluating data that progresses the user towards a desired behavior modification. The desired behavior modification can be, for example, the cessation of smoking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Nathan Cobb, Christian Cartter, Michael Bukhin, Amanda Graham, David Rosenbloom, Patricia Milner