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System and method to monitor and manage performance of appliances

  • US 8,649,987 B2
  • Filed: 05/07/2009
  • Issued: 02/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system to monitor and manage individual appliance performance, said system comprising:

  • a gateway forming a data collection and transmission device;

    said gateway linked to a circuit breaker panel and configured to continuously obtain individualized operational data corresponding to one or more individual appliances electrically connected to said circuit breaker panel;

    a central database including expected operating thresholds formed from individual appliance power consumption and run time data, said central database being Internet-based and thereby located remote from said gateway and arranged in communication with said gateway to receive and process said operational data; and

    wherein said central database alerts a system user upon variation of said individualized operational data from said expected operating thresholds.

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