Patent ID: 8204990

Claim:
A system for resetting electrical power, comprising: a housing; a power input extending from the housing; one or more power outputs extending from the housing, the one or more power outputs distributing power while in an enabled state and suspending distribution of power while in a disabled state; a power cycler, responsive to a reset signal, switching the one or more power outputs to the disabled state for a set duration and restoring each of the one or more power outputs to the enabled state in a time-sequenced manner; a processor linked to a network controller, the network controller having a connection to a remote server, the processor monitoring the connection between the network controller and the remote server and, responsive to a failure of the connection, transmitting the reset signal; the processor further: generates a first timestamp and sends a ping message to the remote server via the network controller; generates a second timestamp responsive to receiving a reply message from the remote server via the network controller; compares the first timestamp to the second timestamp to determine a ping value; and compares the ping value against a pre-determined threshold and, responsive to the ping value exceeding the pre-determined threshold, detects the loss of connectivity of the computer network to the remote server; and the processor periodically sending a plurality of subsequent ping messages to the remote server via the network controller with a pre-determined frequency, the pre-determined frequency increasing responsive to the ping value exceeding the pre-determined threshold and decreasing responsive to the ping value not exceeding the pre-determined threshold.