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US 8,898,709 B2Granted
Apparatus for displaying electrical device usage information on a television receiver
AssigneeEldon Technology Limited
InventorMichael John Crabtree
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Abstract
Provided herein are techniques for displaying power usage information on a television receiver. A television receiver receives power usage information regarding electrical devices and outputs the power usage information and status information regarding the electrical device for presentation by a presentation device.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving by a television receiver power usage information from an electrical device over a communication network;
- receiving by the television receiver a request to view the power usage information;
- processing by the television receiver the power usage information;
- and
- outputting by the television receiver the power usage information to a presentation device responsive to the request.
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A method, comprising:
- measuring, by control logic of an apparatus, a usage of electrical power by an electrical device;
- generating, by the control logic of the apparatus, a usage status message based on the usage;
- and
- transmitting, by a communication interface of the apparatus, the usage status message to a television receiver for output to a presentation device,
- wherein a first electrical interface of the apparatus is connected to an external power supply line, and a second electrical interface of the apparatus is communicatively coupled to the first electrical interface to receive electrical power supplied by the power supply line, the second electrical interface further communicatively coupled to the electrical device and operable to transfer the electrical power to the electrical device.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving by a television receiver power usage information from an electrical device over a communication network;
- processing the power usage information to identify whether a power usage of the electrical device is above a threshold, wherein the power usage above the threshold indicates that the electrical device has been one of powered-on and powered-off;
- and
- outputting a status message indicating that the electrical device has been one of powered- on and powered-off.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.