| CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) | 20 Claims |
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1. A method comprising:
receiving sensor data associated with a sensor device, the sensor data being representative of usage of a device configured to process a consumable, the sensor device includes a power sensor coupled to a first subset of conductors and a second subset of conductors to electrically sense a current between a power source and the device;
identifying, at logic including a processor in a computing device, a pattern of electric energy used by the device by forming a characterized value representative of an amount of the electric energy used by the device per a unit time and by forming the pattern using a plurality of characterized values;
detecting a power usage signature associated with the device;
identifying a device type based on the power usage signature to identify a subset of power usage signatures;
correlating data representing one or more units of the consumable processed via the device to identify an amount and consumption rate of the consumable occurring at a point of time by the device based on the subset of power usage signatures;
detecting at the sensor device data representing an amount of an inventory of the consumable is associated with one or more ranges of threshold values; and
generating at the sensor device an electronic message including data representing a request to automatically reorder at least a portion of the consumable to replenish the amount representing the inventory of the consumable to the sensor device.
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