Seat box power management

A seat box for connection to an electrical power supply of a vehicle for making power available through power controlled outlets for a personal electronic device to connect to a power controlled outlet and receive power, the seat box comprising:

• a plurality of ports in which each port is configured to connect to a controlled power outlet;
• distribution circuitry including an input connectable to the vehicle electrical power system, and an output connected to each of the ports for receiving power from the vehicle electrical power system and distributing power among the ports for supply to a controlled power outlet connected to the port;
• a processor connected in communication with each port configured to receive and send data to a power controlled outlet connected to the port;
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• a power load manager executed on the processor, the power load manager receiving data from each controlled power outlet indicating power supplied from the controlled power outlet and requests for power from each controlled power outlet;
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• storage media in communication with the power load manager in which the power load manager controls distribution of power among the controlled power outlets according to information in a configuration file on the storage media, the distribution being at least one of distributing power to a power controlled outlet first requesting the power with a predefined minimum amount of power supplied in response to another power controlled outlet requesting power later;
• and redistributing some power from one outlet to another in response to a later request for power,
• wherein said redistributing some power from one outlet to another in response to a later request for power is performed when there is insufficient power to meet the later request in which the power load manager controls the power outlet drawing the most power to reduce power supplied therefrom, and supplies at least some power to the controlled power outlet from which the later request for power was received.