Managing Power Emission to Electrical Appliances
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChunHui Y. Higgins, William P. Higgins
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Abstract
A method, system or computer usable program product for controlling power emission from a socket to a plug including providing a first unit connected to the socket with full power emission disabled and a second unit connected to the plug, each unit with a signal generation capability, establishing a handshake protocol between the first and second units, and responsive to a successful handshake protocol between the first and second units, the first unit enabling full power emission from the socket to the plug.
Claims20
A method of controlling power emission from a socket to a plug comprising:
- providing a first unit connected to the socket with full power emission disabled and a second unit connected to the plug, each unit with a signal generation capability;
- establishing a handshake protocol between the first and second units;
- and
- responsive to a successful handshake protocol between the first and second units, the first unit enabling full power emission from the socket to the plug.
A data processing system for controlling power emission from a socket to a plug, the data processing system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing program instructions which when executed by the processor execute the steps of:
- responsive to providing a first unit connected to the socket with full power emission disabled and a second unit connected to the plug whereby each unit with a signal generation capability;
- establishing a handshake protocol between the first and second units;
- and
- responsive to a successful handshake protocol between the first and second units, the first unit enabling full power emission from the socket to the plug.
A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable storage medium including computer usable code for use in controlling power emission from a socket to a plug, the computer usable program product comprising code for performing the steps of:
- responsive to providing a first unit connected to the socket with full power emission disabled and a second unit connected to the plug whereby each unit with a signal generation capability, establishing a handshake protocol between the first and second units;
- and
- responsive to a successful handshake protocol between the first and second units, the first unit enabling full power emission from the socket to the plug.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.