Patents by Inventor Tom Mercer

Tom Mercer 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: 20230053647
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing a fleet of ridesharing vehicles is provided. The methods and systems can allow for a communications interface to receive a plurality of user input boundaries specified on a geographical map, wherein the plurality of user input boundaries define a zone. The methods and systems also include at least one processor configured to estimate a number of riders based on a number of people that live within the zone and a number of people that work within the zone, to determine n number of sample trips within the zone, and to determine a number of ridesharing vehicles to supply for the zone over a time duration based on the estimate number of riders and the n number of sample trips within the zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: VIA TRANSPORTATION, INC.
    Inventors: Caitlin Hewitt Proctor, Tom Mercer, Hari Narayanan, Tiffany Chu, Dan Getelman, Ryan Triggs
  • Patent number: 11455666
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments are directed to methods and computer systems for reporting unusual or anomalous usage a commodity by consumers. A computer system retrieves a set of usage-information datasets corresponding to a set of consumers, each dataset including past usage of the commodity during at least one of a completed billing period and a current usage of the commodity during the current billing period. The computer system establishes a set of report-trigger conditions for the current billing period, each of the report-trigger conditions corresponding to a consumer. The computer system may monitor usage or spending of the set of consumers to determine, for each consumer, whether an estimated usage established for each consumer fulfills the consumer's report-trigger condition. Once the report-trigger condition is fulfilled, the computer system outputs a report to the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: OPower, INC.
    Inventors: Janet Yu, Tom Mercer, Eric Chang, Richard Tyler Curtis, Daniel J. Yates
  • Publication number: 20210073875
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments are directed to methods and computer systems for reporting unusual or anomalous usage a commodity by consumers. A computer system retrieves a set of usage-information datasets corresponding to a set of consumers, each dataset including past usage of the commodity during at least one of a completed billing period and a current usage of the commodity during the current billing period. The computer system establishes a set of report-trigger conditions for the current billing period, each of the report-trigger conditions corresponding to a consumer. The computer system may monitor usage or spending of the set of consumers to determine, for each consumer, whether an estimated usage established for each consumer fulfills the consumer's report-trigger condition. Once the report-trigger condition is fulfilled, the computer system outputs a report to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Janet YU, Tom MERCER, Eric CHANG, Richard Tyler CURTIS, Daniel J. YATES
  • Patent number: 10796346
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and computer systems for reporting unusual or anomalous usage or spending of a commodity by consumers. A computer system retrieves a set of usage-information datasets corresponding to a set of consumers, each dataset including past usage of the commodity during at least one of a completed billing period and a current usage of the commodity during the current billing period. The computer system establishes a set of report-trigger conditions for the current billing period, each of the report-trigger conditions corresponding to a consumer. The computer system monitor usage or spending of the set of consumers to determine, for each consumer, whether an estimated usage established for each consumer fulfills the consumer's report-trigger condition. Once the report-trigger condition is fulfilled, the computer system outputs a report to the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Opower, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet Yu, Tom Mercer, Eric Chang, Richard Tyler Curtis, Daniel J. Yates
  • Patent number: 10037014
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods that include steps for receiving a reduction request, the reduction request indicating a desired amount of a consumable resource for which consumption is to be reduced, receiving a population indicator, the population indicator defining a set of consumers associated with the reduction request, and determining, using a behavioral demand dispatch (BDD) model, one or more target users from among the set of consumers. In certain aspects, the steps can further include providing a demand reduction communication to each of the one or more target users. Systems and computer readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: OPOWER, INC.
    Inventors: Tom Mercer, Alessandro Orfei, Elisabeth Boonin
  • Publication number: 20160140586
    Abstract: Methods and systems for using substation meter data in one or more applications related behavior demand response are provided. In one example application, substation meter data may be used to assess the efficacy of a demand response campaign. In a second example application, substation meter data may be used to provide comparisons of demand response performances of neighborhoods. These applications may be applied independently or in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Alexandra Liptsey-Rahe, Tom Mercer, Alessandro Orfei, Alex Kinnier
  • Publication number: 20150227846
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods that include steps for receiving a reduction request, the reduction request indicating a desired amount of a consumable resource for which consumption is to be reduced, receiving a population indicator, the population indicator defining a set of consumers associated with the reduction request, and determining, using a behavioral demand dispatch (BDD) model, one or more target users from among the set of consumers. In certain aspects, the steps can further include providing a demand reduction communication to each of the one or more target users. Systems and computer readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Tom Mercer, Alessandro Orfei, Elisabeth Boonin
  • Publication number: 20140006314
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and computer systems for reporting unusual or anomalous usage or spending of a commodity by consumers. A computer system retrieves a set of usage-information datasets corresponding to a set of consumers, each dataset including past usage of the commodity during at least one of a completed billing period and a current usage of the commodity during the current billing period. The computer system establishes a set of report-trigger conditions for the current billing period, each of the report-trigger conditions corresponding to a consumer. The computer system monitor usage or spending of the set of consumers to determine, for each consumer, whether an estimated usage established for each consumer fulfills the consumer's report-trigger condition. Once the report-trigger condition is fulfilled, the computer system outputs a report to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Opower, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet Yu, Tom Mercer, Eric Chang, Richard Tyler Curtis, Daniel J. Yates