Advanced Power Strip Having a High Level Interface
AssigneeTrickleStar Ltd
InventorBernard Christopher Emby
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Abstract
An advanced power strip includes a housing. The housing includes: at least one control outlet; at least one always-on outlet; at least one switched outlet; and at least one high-level interface operatively connecting a control device connected to the at least one control outlet, and a device connected to the at least one always-on outlet. The advanced power strip is configured to determine a status of the control device via the high level interface and, if the status of the control device is determined to be in an off state: (1) placing the device connected to the at least one always-on outlet into a low power sleep state by sending a command to the device via the high-level interface; and (2) switching the at least one switched outlet to an off state.
Claims26
A power management system for preventing abrupt switching of at least one device, the power management system comprising a mechanism configured to place the device into a low power state by sending a command to the device.
A power management system comprising:
- a power strip comprising:
- a housing having at least one control outlet, at least one first outlet, and at least one second outlet;
- at least one interface operatively connecting a control device connected to the at least one control outlet and a first device connected to the at least one first outlet;
- and at least one sensor interface;
- and
- an absence sensor operatively connected to the at least one sensor interface and configured to detect the presence of a user of the control device,
- wherein the system is configured to determine a status of the control device via the at least one interface and, if the status of the control device is determined to be in an off state, the first device is set to a low power state and the at least one second outlet is switched to an off state.
A power strip comprising:
- at least one control outlet;
- at least one first outlet operatively connected to the at least one control outlet;
- at least one second outlet operatively connected to the at least one first outlet;
- and
- at least one interface operatively connecting a control device connected to the at least one control outlet and a first device connected to the at least one first outlet,
- wherein the power strip is configured to determine a status of the control device via the at least one interface and, if the status of the control device is determined to be in an off state, the first device is set to a low power state by sending a command to the first device via the at least one interface, and the at least one second outlet is switched to an off state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.