Patent ID: 9300359
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H02J,H04B,H04L,H04W,Y02B,Y02D,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A ZigBee®-enabled power switch apparatus (Z-SW) comprising: a microcontroller (MCU) linked to an AC power distribution line having a power line communication (PLC) network to establish a local area network (LAN) between the Z-SW and other networked devices; a ZigBee® device linked to the MCU; a power meter and relay module connected to the AC power distribution line; a bidirectional communication link between the MCU and the power meter and relay module; a power plug connected to the power meter and relay module, wherein the power plug provides power to a ZigBee® technology enabled appliance under control of the power meter and relay module; wherein the power meter and relay module includes instructions to monitor power consumption information of the ZigBee® technology enabled appliance connected to the power plug; wherein the MCU includes instructions to execute operations including a wireless communication channel established between the ZigBee® device and the ZigBee® technology enabled appliance, the wireless communication channel for wherein the MCU includes instructions for