Patent ID: 11870506
Assignee: EIQ ENERGY, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The power-line/communication system of claim 4 wherein:
a receiver/transmitter node comprises a receiver connected in parallel to the power-line/communication bus and a transmitter connected in parallel to the power-line/communication bus;
the receiver is adapted to: (a) receive communications signals from the power-line/communication bus; (b) encode the communications signals into action information in a predetermined form; and (c) transmit the action information to an operator associated with the node; and
the transmitter is adapted to: (a) receive response information from the operator associated with the node in the predetermined form; (b) encode the response information into communications signals; and (c) transmit the communications signals to the power-line/communication bus.