Smart electrical outlet for monitoring and tracking electricity usage

A system for tracking and controlling usage of electrical power for charging devices associated with one or more users, the system comprising:

• a server;
• and
• one or more outlets connected to electrical power and configured to supply electrical power to the devices, each of the outlets in communications with the server and comprising:
• a transceiver configured to transmit a broadcast, the broadcast comprising a unique identifier for the outlet;
• a socket configured to supply electrical power to one of the devices;
• a control module for engaging and disengaging electrical power to the socket;
• and
• a measurement module for measuring one or more parameters of electrical power supplied by the socket;
• one or more computing devices, each of the one or more computing devices associated with one of the users and configured to communicate with the server and to receive broadcasts from the one or more outlets;
• wherein the one or more computing devices are configured, upon receipt of the broadcast from one of the one or more outlets, to transmit an activation command to the one of the one or more outlets to commence a session by engaging electrical power to the socket upon determining whether the broadcast comprises the unique identifier of a desired one of the one or more outlets, and whether the desired one of the one or more outlets is within a certain distance from one of the one or more computing devices;
• and
• wherein after the session has been commenced, the one of the one or more outlets is configured to communicate with the server to transmit information regarding the one or more parameters to the server regarding the session.