Nov. 8, 2013: EcoFactor Adds to Patent Portfolio for Home Energy Services
New Patent Leverages Mobile Devices to Provide Automated Energy Savings
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — EcoFactor®, a leader in cloud-based home energy services, has been awarded a United States patent (No. 8,556,188) for the use of geolocation data from smartphones and other mobile devices to optimize home energy management services. This is the 14th patent for EcoFactor, boosting its patent portfolio in the residential energy management sector.
EcoFactor said the patented technology will enable it to add significant new capabilities to its service. It covers a method for using location-based information, such as whether a consumer is on their way home, to optimize the temperature in the home for comfort to coincide with arrival, or to move to a more energy efficient setting when driving away — all without requiring the consumer to remember to change settings.