Abstract: This descriptive document is about a new low cost electrical power saving device that fulfills this objective detecting signals emitted by standard remote control units of electric appliances plugged to the device. Under one aspect, the device includes a male plug extending from a small, unitary housing that plugs into a wall outlet, a female receptacle disposed in the housing that accepts a power cord of an appliance, a timer and an infrared sensor on an outer surface of the housing that detects infrared pulses and generates a reset signal in response thereto, wherein, the timer has a reset state where the timer electrically connects power from the male plug to the female receptacle and a timed-out state where the timer disconnects power to the female receptacle, the timer enters the timed-out state a predetermined time period after receipt of a most recent reset signal from the infrared sensor and where the timer enters the reset state each time the timer receives a reset signal.

Abstract: This descriptive document is about a new backup device that takes advantage of the components of a PC's conventional power supply and it combines them with additional typical electronic components from an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The result of such combination is a lower cost backup function that is applied directly to the PC and, therefore, eliminates the requirement of external devices—such as a UPS—to perform this backup function. In this document, the electronic components that combine with the PC's power supply in order to provide the backup functionality described above are referred to as integrated backup unit (URI).

Abstract: This descriptive document is about a new backup device that takes advantage of the components of a PC's conventional power supply and it combines them with additional typical electronic components from an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The result of such combination is a lower cost backup function that is applied directly to the PC and, therefore, eliminates the requirement of external devices—such as a UPS—to perform this backup function. In this document, the electronic components that combine with the PC's power supply in order to provide the backup functionality described above are referred to as integrated backup unit (URI).