Patent ID: 9454217
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A system for monitoring, controlling and reducing vampire power, the system comprising: a central controller that wirelessly communicates to a network of one or more power switch routers; and the one or more power switch routers, coupled to one or more electrical loads, (i) measure one or more AC power parameters for each of the one or more electrical loads, and (ii) wirelessly communicate the one or more AC power parameters for the each of the one or more electrical loads to the central controller, wherein the central controller determines a stand-by state for each of the one or more electrical loads by comparing the one or more AC power parameters for the each of the one or more electrical loads measured by the one or more power switch routers compared with stand-by values stored in a database of the central controller for each specific load type, wherein based on the comparison, if a particular electrical load is in a stand-by state, an associated power switch router disconnects the particular electrical load and eliminates vampire power for the particular electrical load, wherein the one or more power switch routers each comprise: wherein the one or more power switch routers each receive power from a single phase power source having an input AC neutral power line, and wherein the one or more power switch routers each monitors the input AC neutral power line in order to monitor functionality of the power metering device and to correct functionality of stand-by power state detection.