Approach for Controlling Electrical Power
First Claim
1. An electrical power metering system, comprising:
- a plurality of gated power receptacles, each of the gated power receptacles configured to selectively provide electrical power in response to receiving a wireless signal;
a service application configured to receive a request to provide electrical power for one of the plurality of gated power receptacles, the request including an identifier that designates the one of the plurality of gated power receptacles at which electrical power is requested; and
a local host application executable on a computing device, the local host application configured to send the wireless signal via a coordinator module to the one of the plurality of gated power receptacles to provide electrical power in response to receiving a communication from the service application that includes the identifier.
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Abstract
An electrical power metering system. The electrical power metering system may include a plurality of gated power receptacles, each of the gated power receptacles being configured to selectively provide electrical power in response to receiving a wireless signal. The system may further include a service application configured to receive a request to provide electrical power for one of the plurality of gated power receptacles, the request including an identifier that designates the one of the plurality of gated power receptacles at which electrical power is requested. The system may further include a local host application executable on a computing device, the local host application being configured to send the wireless signal via a coordinator module to the one of the plurality of gated power receptacles to provide electrical power in response to receiving a communication from the service application that includes the identifier.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrical power metering system, comprising:
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a plurality of gated power receptacles, each of the gated power receptacles configured to selectively provide electrical power in response to receiving a wireless signal; a service application configured to receive a request to provide electrical power for one of the plurality of gated power receptacles, the request including an identifier that designates the one of the plurality of gated power receptacles at which electrical power is requested; and a local host application executable on a computing device, the local host application configured to send the wireless signal via a coordinator module to the one of the plurality of gated power receptacles to provide electrical power in response to receiving a communication from the service application that includes the identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for metering electrical power, comprising:
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at a service application, receiving a request to provide electrical power at a gated power receptacle, the request including a location identifier and a gated power receptacle identifier; sending a communication including the gated power receptacle identifier to a local host application based on the location identifier; at the local host application, sending a wireless signal to the gated power receptacle based on the gated power receptacle identifier; and at the gated power receptacle, turning on electrical power in response to receiving the wireless signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A gated power receptacle adaptor configured to be removably coupled to an existing power receptacle, the gated power adaptor comprising:
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a wireless transceiver for communicating with a remote local host application via a wireless personal area network, the wireless transceiver configured to receive a wireless command signal from the local host application; a metering switch in electrical communication with the wireless transceiver, the metering switch configured to toggle between a first state for not providing electrical power and a second state for providing electrical power, the metering switch toggling from the first state and the second state based on the wireless command signal; and a socket configured to pass through power from the existing power receptacle to be output in response to the metering switch being placed in the second state. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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