ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,135, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to OCTOPUS ENERGY HEATING Ltd. (London).

"Methods and systems for predictive heated water provision" was invented by Peter Konowalczyk (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method of predictively preparing a water provision system installed in a building, the water provision system comprising a heat pump configured to transfer thermal energy from outside the building to a thermal energy storage medium inside the building and a control module configured to control operation of the heat pump, the control module having executing thereon a first ...