Patent ID: 9143007
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. An active power management architecture, comprising: a remote power management system having a database; at least one power distribution unit having an internal network communication device for directly communicating with the remote power management system through an internal network; a plurality of electronic devices, each of which includes a power supply unit; a network management system connected to and communicated with the electronic devices through a first external network, and the network management system is connected to and communicated with the remote power management system through a second external network; and a plurality of transmission cables respectively connected to the at least one power distribution unit and the power supply units of the electronic devices for outputting power of the at least one power distribution unit to the power supply units; wherein information of the power supply units is transmitted from the power supply units to the at least one power distribution unit through the transmission cables in compliance with a power line communication protocol, the information including an ID code of each of the power supply units, and the at least one power distribution unit is configured to transmit the information to a database of the remote power management system over the internal network thereby facilitating rapid and efficient acquisition of the information by the remote power management system without employing the first and second external networks, wherein the remote power management system gives instructions to the at least one power distribution unit over the internal network to control the at least one power distribution unit and the power supply units such that the at least one power distribution unit and the power supply units can be controlled by the remote power management system over the internal network in addition to over the first and second external network, at least some of the instructions including the ID code of the power supply unit to which the instruction applies.