Patent ID: 9465376
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G05B

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing appliance power management, said method comprising: providing a connector arrangement for interconnecting an appliance with a power supply; utilizing at least one processor associated with the connector arrangement to execute computer code configured for: receiving, via the connector arrangement, consumption information related to the appliance; clustering, using g-means clustering, the power consumption information; identifying, based on the clustered power consumption information, at least one of: an appliance category, a current operating state of the appliance, and a current standby state of the appliance; and in response to the identifying of the at least one of: an appliance category, an appliance operating state and an appliance standby state: detecting at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality; and undertaking a control action relative to the detection of the at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality.