ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,561, issued on May 26, was assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for balancing energy usage" was invented by Joel Richard Goergen (Soulsbyville, Calif.), Angelo Fienga (Rome), Maria Soledad Palmero (Toledo, Spain), Hazim Hashim Dahir (Wake Forest, N.C.), Elizabeth Kochuparambil (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Jonathan D. Austin (San Jose, Calif.), Kevin Robert Mechler (Austin, Texas), Jenjen Tiao (Allentown, Pa.) and Jennifer Nicole Stallings (Cedar Park, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein are techniques for balancing energy usage. A method can include obtaining energy consumption pattern...