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US 11,537,703 B2Granted
GFI tripped circuit detection and wireless notification systems and methods
AssigneeMoon River Investments, LLC
InventorGeorge Bein
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Abstract
Systems and methods for ground fault circuit interrupter trip detection and entire premises loss of power and restoration detection and notification of those events is disclosed. An example system may receive a smart plug identification. The system may authorize a smart plug. The system may link the smart plug to a smart plug application. The system may query the smart plug to obtain a power notification. The system may notify smart plug application of a power status.
Claims21
A method of tripped circuit detection, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a smart plug identification associated with a smart plug, wherein the processor is remote from the smart plug;
- authorizing, by the processor, the smart plug;
- linking, by the processor, the smart plug to a smart plug application;
- querying, by the processor, the smart plug to obtain a power notification, wherein the power notification indicates whether or not the smart plug is receiving power;
- receiving, by the processor, the power notification;
- and
- identifying, by the processor, a loss of power to the smart plug.
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A system comprising:
- a first smart plug and a second smart plug, wherein the first smart plug plugged into a Ground Fault Interrupter enabled outlet, and the second smart plug plugged into a non-Ground Fault Interrupter enabled outlet;
- a processor in communication with the first smart plug and the second smart plug, wherein the processor is remote from the first smart plug and the second smart plug;
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- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having instructions allowing the processor to:
- receive a first smart plug identification from the first smart plug, and a second smart plug identification from the second smart plug;
- authorize the first smart plug and the second smart plug;
- link the first smart plug and the second smart plug to a smart plug application;
- query the first smart plug to obtain a first power notification and a second smart plug to obtain a second power notification, wherein the first power notification indicates whether the first smart plug is receiving power, and the second power notification indicates whether the second smart plug is receiving power;
- receive the first power notification and the second power notification;
- identify a loss of power to the first smart plug and the second smart plug, based on the first power notification and the second power notification;
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- notify the smart plug application of a power status, wherein the power status is based on the loss of power to the first smart plug and the second smart plug.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.