Appliance, device, and system for home energy management

A device for use in a home energy management system, comprising

• a processor;
• memory coupled to the processor;
• and
• one or more executable instructions stored on the memory and are configured to be executed by the processor, the one or more executable instructions comprising instructions for:
• receiving an input from an appliance, the input comprising a data packet comprising an appliance identifier identifying the appliance, a function identifier identifying an appliance function, and a function status indicating a status of the appliance function;
• and
• determining an output in accordance with the data packet,
• wherein the output indicates a change in the status of the appliance function.

An appliance, comprising

• a sensor;
• a circuit coupled to the sensor, the circuit comprising a processor and memory coupled to the processor;
• and
• one or more executable instructions that can be stored on the memory and are configured to be executed by the processor, the one or more executable instructions comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• detect an input from the sensor;
• generate a data packet in response to the input, the data packet comprising an appliance identifier identifying said appliance, a function identifier identifying an appliance function that generates the input, and a status identifier indicating a change in status of the appliance function;
• and
• determine an output in accordance with the data packet,
• wherein the output indicates a change in the status of the appliance function.