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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Aman Kansal, Issaquah, WA (US);

Nissanka Arachchige B. Priyantha, Redmond, WA (US);

Michel Goraczko, Seattle, WA (US);

Feng Zhao, Issaquah, WA (US);

Inventors:

Aman Kansal, Issaquah, WA (US);

Nissanka Arachchige B. Priyantha, Redmond, WA (US);

Michel Goraczko, Seattle, WA (US);

Feng Zhao, Issaquah, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 3/12 (2006.01); G05D 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 17/00 (2006.01); G01R 21/00 (2006.01); G01R 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates managing energy consumption with an energy sink device in order to reduce energy costs. An energy sink device can consume a portion of energy. An interface component can receive a portion of data related to at least one of a real time energy rate or a user presence. An energy manager can dynamically control the energy sink device for efficient consumption of the portion of energy for reduced energy costs based at least in part upon the evaluation of the portion of received data. The energy manager can leverage the real time energy rate and the user presence in order to employ at least one of a power on the energy sink device, a power off the energy sink device, or an adjust a setting for the energy sink device.


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