Intelligent receptacle
AssigneeItron, Inc.
InventorsJohn Jay Knuth, Richard Nolan DeVries, Stephen Johnson
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Abstract
An intelligent receptacle (or receptacle device) enables individually monitoring and/or controlling consumption of utility service by one or more loads through a supply outlet that is associated with the receptacle device. A client device may enable a user to remotely control a provision of the utility service from the supply outlet through the receptacle device. Furthermore, a utility metering device may include a virtual metering device instance that is configured to collect utility consumption data associated with the supply outlet from the receptacle device and help calibration or synchronization of utility consumption readings of the receptacle device.
Claims20
A receptacle device comprising:
- a processing unit;
- memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform acts comprising:
- individually monitoring consumption of utility service of one or more loads through a supply outlet that is associated with the receptacle device;
- and
- communicating utility consumption information of the one or more loads to one or more other devices.
A metering device comprising:
- a processor;
- memory, the memory storing:
- a virtual receptacle device instance configured to communicate data with a receptacle device, and remotely control and monitor consumption of a utility service of a load through a supply outlet that is associated with the receptacle device.
A method performed by a receptacle device, the method comprising:
- communicating power consumption data determined by the receptacle device to a mobile device of a user;
- receiving an instruction from the mobile device;
- and
- controlling and monitoring a power consuming device associated with the receptacle device in accordance with the instruction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.