Patents by Inventor Nicholas William Fergis

Nicholas William Fergis 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).

  • Publication number: 20160371762
    Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with the disclosure provide product recommendations and other information for a conventional home-based energy monitoring system. An exemplary system in accordance with the disclosure is adapted to exchange information with a conventional home energy monitoring system to collect electricity information from electrical equipment within a residential or other building. Data relating to electricity usage information of appliances and other electrical equipment in a monitored site is collected by the monitoring system and provided to an Internet-based server on a regular basis. Product recommendation algorithms executing on the server utilize this data together with information relating to individual electrical appliances and equipment, rebate and incentive information and user-defined or default investment priorities or other economic criteria, to generate recommendations for replacement of the electrical appliance/equipment currently in use at the monitored premises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas William Fergis, John Paul McNeill