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Intuitive system

  • US 10,389,168 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2015
  • Issued: 08/20/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • an electrical network comprising one or more power lines;

    a set of two or more active appliances, each appliance connected to the electrical network and drawing electrical power from the electrical network;

    a device connected to the electrical network, the device comprising;

    a sensor for detecting a level of power in the electrical network;

    a communications port;

    a memory;

    a processor, in which the processor executes computer instructions stored in the memory to;

    receive from the sensor an indication of a first level of power in the electrical network;

    determine that the first level of power exceeds a first permissible level of power;

    determine a first appliance from the set of active appliances, in which determining the first appliance from the set of active appliances includes one or more of;

    (a) determining the first appliance as the appliance that is using the most power from among the set of active appliances;

    (b) determining the first appliance as the appliance that has a capability of continuing to operate from battery power;

    (c) determining the first appliance as the appliance that has a capability of operating the longest from battery power of any of the set of active appliances; and

    (d) determining the first appliance as the appliance that has the most battery power remaining of any of the set of active appliances; and

    direct the communications port to transmit to the first appliance instructions to reduce its consumption of power from the electrical network.

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