System and method for identifying appliances by electrical characteristics
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Abstract
Illustrative embodiments provide systems, applications, apparatuses, computer software program products, and methods related to identification of electrical appliances by electrical characteristics.
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257 Claims
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1-217. -217. (canceled)
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218. A computer software program product comprising:
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first computer software program code means for receiving first and second electrical signals that are indicative of measured first and second electrical power signals of at least one electrical circuit; second computer software program code means for frequency analyzing the first and second electrical signals that are indicative of the measured first and second electrical power signals; and third computer software program code means for identifying at least one change in operational state of at least one electrical appliance of the at least one electrical circuit based upon a difference in the first and second frequency analyzed electrical signals. - View Dependent Claims (219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232)
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233. A computer software program product comprising:
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first computer software program code means for receiving first and second electrical power signals of at least one electrical circuit; second computer software program code means for frequency analyzing the first and second electrical power signals; third computer software program code means for computing components of first and second electrical load characteristics from the frequency analyzed first and second electrical power signals, respectively; and fourth computer software program code means for identifying at least one change in operational state of at least one electrical appliance of the at least one electrical circuit based upon a difference in the components of the first and second electrical load characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244)
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245. A computer software program product comprising:
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first computer software program code means for receiving first and second electrical power signals of at least one electrical circuit; second computer software program code means for computing first and second electrical load characteristics from the first and second electrical power signals, respectively third computer software program code means for frequency analyzing the first and second electrical load characteristics; and fourth computer software program code means for identifying at least one change in operational state of at least one electrical appliance of the at least one electrical circuit based upon a difference in the frequency analyzed first and second electrical load characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256)
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257-308. -308. (canceled)
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