Patents by Inventor Yoni Ben-Meshulam

Yoni Ben-Meshulam 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).

  • Inferring residential home characteristics based on energy data
    Patent number: 10410130
    Abstract: A residential home characteristics inferring method and system that receives information about energy usage by an energy user, determines using a processor and the received information about energy usage average daily usage during a heating season and average daily usage during a shoulder season, and identifies the fuel type used for heating by the energy user using the determined average daily usage during the heating season and the determined average daily usage during the shoulder season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: OPOWER, INC.
    Inventors: Joanna Kochaniak, Arhan Gunel, Rajesh Nerlikar, Yoni Ben-Meshulam, Jan Rubio, Anton Vattay, Randall Benjamin Siemon, Erik Shilts
  • Thermostat set point identification
    Patent number: 9727063
    Abstract: A thermostat set point estimation method and system that selects a plurality of candidate thermostat set points, determines for each of the plurality of candidate thermostat set points a predicted energy usage amount corresponding to the candidate thermostat set point, determines for each of the plurality of candidate thermostat set points an error value corresponding to the candidate thermostat set point using an actual energy usage amount and the predicted energy usage amount corresponding to the candidate thermostat set point, and identifies an estimated thermostat set point by selecting the candidate thermostat set point having the error value that is lowest from the plurality of candidate thermostat set points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: OPOWER, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Shilts, Yoni Ben-Meshulam, Ben Packer, Richard Tyler Curtis