REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE POWER SWITCH OF AN APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF EMPLOYING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A remotely controllable power switch of an appliance, comprising:
- a switching device coupled between an input and an output of said remotely controllable power switch of an appliance; and
communication circuitry controlling said switching device, and being configured to receive a turn-off signal through an electric power distribution line and to turn off said switching device in response thereto.
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Abstract
A remotely controllable power switch of an appliance and a method of employing a remotely controllable power switch of an appliance to control the overall load that an electric power distribution network bears. The method may include a method of employing a remotely controllable power switch of an appliance to compute the rate that a particular customer pays for electric power. In one embodiment, the remotely controllable power switch of an appliance includes: (1) a switching device coupled between an input and an output of the remotely controllable power switch of an appliance and (2) communication circuitry coupled to the switching device, addressable only by class and configured to receive a turn-off signal and turn off the switching device in response thereto.
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16 Claims
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1. A remotely controllable power switch of an appliance, comprising:
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a switching device coupled between an input and an output of said remotely controllable power switch of an appliance; and communication circuitry controlling said switching device, and being configured to receive a turn-off signal through an electric power distribution line and to turn off said switching device in response thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of employing a, comprising:
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transmitting a turn-off signal to remotely controllable power switches of a class of appliances through an electric power distribution network such that power of an electric power distribution network is interrupted to the appliances of the class by the remotely controllable power switches; and thereby interrupting power only to appliances coupled to an electric power distribution network through the class of remotely controllable appliance power switches; and simultaneously providing power to remaining appliances through said electric power distribution network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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