ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,826, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to OCTOPUS ENERGY HEATING Ltd. (London).

"Methods and systems for predictively preparing water provision system" was invented by Peter Konowalczyk (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method predictively prepares a water provision system installed in a building. The water provision system includes a heat pump configured to transfer thermal energy from the surrounding to a thermal energy storage medium and a control module configured to control operation of the heat pump. The water provision system is configured to provide water heated by the thermal energy storage medium to ...