Inventors:
Simon Wong - Los Altos CA, US
J. Marcus Stewart - San Jose CA, US
Richard Mincher - Cupertino CA, US
John Metzger - Campbell CA, US
Dale Loia - San Jose CA, US
Eric Wai - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Jacob Chang - Cupertino CA, US
Assignee:
Equal Networks, Inc. - Mt. View CA
International Classification:
H01H 35/00
G06F 19/00
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.
