Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method includes a housing having at least one inlet plug suitable for connection to an alternating current (AC) power outlet and at least one outlet receptacle suitable receiving an AC plug connected to a load device. An AC measurement module is contained within the housing and is coupled to the inlet plug and the outlet receptacle to measure AC voltage and AC current usage of the load device connected to the outlet receptacle. A communication module is operative to transmit AC power values calculated based on the measured AC voltage and AC current in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking standard (Wi-Fi) to a wireless network access point.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 19, 2011
Publication date:
December 8, 2011
Applicant:
Equal Networks, Inc.
Inventors:
Simon Wong, J. Marcus Stewart, Richard Mincher, John Metzger, Dale Loia, Eric Wai, Jacob Chang