Abstract: A power consumption monitoring device includes a sensor, a storage, and a processor. The sensor is configured to detect a power-consuming device quantity and a power consumption amount. The storage is configured to store the power-consuming device quantity and the power consumption amount. The processor is communicatively connected to the sensor and the storage. The processor is configured to calculate a power-consuming device idling indicator based on the power-consuming device quantity and the power consumption amount in a monitoring time interval, wherein the power-consuming device idling indicator is used for indicating a deviation status of the power-consuming device quantity and the power consumption amount. The processor is further configured to determine whether the power-consuming device idling indicator exceeds a warning threshold. In response to the power-consuming device idling indicator exceeding the warning threshold, the processor is further configured to generate a warning message.

Abstract: A software implementable approach capable of creating, delivering, reassembling, rendering, and storing asynchronous and synchronous multimedia message. This approach integrates video/audio streaming with existing Internet/Intranet e-mail messaging and video/audio conferencing systems. The software provides both one-way asynchronous communication as well as bi-directional synchronous communication. Each stream represents a user access from client on one computer to server on the other computer. The method enables electronic multimedia messaging on video/audio capture-equipped mobile platform with limited pre-installed software capability or memory footprint.