US 2017/0251390 A1 · Multinodal Power Sensing, Aggregation, and Transmission

Abstract

A power source provides power (e.g., electrical power) to a powered object. The object is identified and the amount of power consumed by the object is measured. Information representing the object identity and the amount of power consumed by the object is transmitted to a remote server. Proximity between a device and the object may be determined, in response to which the device may obtain the information representing the object identity and the amount of power consumed by the object, and transmit such information to the remote server, in addition to information representing an identity of a user of the device.

Claims1

Dependent claims

A method performed by at least one computer processor executing computer program instructions stored on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method comprising:

(A) sensing power consumed by an object from a power source;
(B) obtaining an identifier of a user;
(C) determining that the user is using the object;
and
(D) in response to determining that the user is using the object, obtaining sensed power data representing the sensed power consumed by the object.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/445,527Filed 28 Feb 2017

Priority

28 Feb 2016

Published

31 Aug 2017

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

G06Q 10/06
Administration; Management: resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation…
G01R 21/133
Arrangements for measuring electric power or power factor: by using digital technique
H04L 67/12
Protocols: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in…
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial

Multinodal Power Sensing, Aggregation, and Transmission

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Multinodal Power Sensing, Aggregation, and Transmission

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Abstract

Claims1