Patent ID: 9703349
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H01R,H02J,Y02B,Y02D,Y04S

Claim:
1. An energy saving device including: a. an electrical inlet adapted to connect to a general power outlet, b. a monitored electrical outlet adapted to connect to a computing device, c. a switched electrical outlet adapted to connect to, and to supply electrical power to, a peripheral device, d. a switch adapted to control electrical connection of the inlet to the switched electrical outlet, thereby controlling supply of electric power from the inlet to any peripheral device connected to the switched electrical outlet, e. a sensor adapted to sense a characteristic of an electrical power flow through the monitored electrical outlet to any computing device connected to the monitored electrical outlet, the sensed characteristic providing an indication of whether the computing device is in active use; f. a communication module adapted to communicate a signal to the computing device when the sensed characteristic indicates that the computing device is not in active use, the signal instructing the computing device to enter a low power standby mode.