Eric E Graham

US Patent:

20140278842, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/840479

Inventors:

- Los Angeles CA, US
Eric GRAHAM - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

NEXLEAF ANALYTICS - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

G04F 10/00
G06Q 30/04
G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 141, 368 9

Abstract:

An apparatus for encoding a stove usage time includes a circuit, a temperature switch, an input device, and an output device. The circuit includes a processor and an internal timer. The temperature switch is communicatively linked to the circuit. The input device is electrically connected to the circuit and transmits a status request to the processor in response to receiving a user input. The internal timer increments an accumulated time of the internal timer by a usage time. The usage time is based on a duration the temperature switch detects temperatures higher than the minimum threshold. The processor accesses the incremented accumulated time of the internal timer and stores the accumulated time in a memory. The processor reads the incremented accumulated time from the memory, encodes the incremented accumulated time into an encoded value, and causes the output device to produce the encoded value in response to the status request.