Patent ID: 8269622

Claim:
A system for monitoring and controlling power usage in a home, buildings, apartments, hospitals, schools, factories, office buildings, industrial areas setting, the system comprising: a gateway apparatus comprising: a powerline module configured to transmit information at one or more first frequencies ranging from 1 to 30 MHz, the powerline module being coupled to a powerline network, the powerline network being coupled to one or more appliances; a control module configured to transmit information at one or more second frequencies ranging from 250 KHz to 400 KHz, the control module being configured to control one or more appliances coupled to the power line from information received from one or more appliances; a wireless module configured to transmit information at one or more third frequencies of 2 GHz; a circuit sensor device comprising a plurality of input sites, the input sites being coupled to respective circuit breaker elements in a circuit distribution panel, the circuit sensor device being coupled to the powerline module via one or more powerline networks to transmit power consumption information in either at least real time or a selected time frequency; a panel device comprising a first input, a second input, and a third input respectively coupled to a power source including a first phase, a second phase, and a third phase, the panel sensor device being configured to output power information; and an appliance module coupled to the gateway apparatus, the appliance module being configured to turn on or turn off one or more appliances, the appliance module being coupled to the control module using either or both of wireless module or the control module.