Patent ID: 6855881

Claim:
A multifunction power, data and/or cooling system, comprising: a power/data cable, further comprising: an internal power line with input contacts for inputting electrical power at a first end and output contacts for outputting electrical power at a second end; and an internal data line with means to input data at either end and output data at the opposing end; a wall receptacle, said wall receptacle further comprising: a power input for receiving electrical power; at least one data port for receiving/transmitting data; and a receptacle for attachment to the cower/data cable, the receptacle further comprising: output power contacts to output electrical power to the power/data cable; and a receptacle data input/output means to output data to the internal data line that was received at the data port, and to output data to the data port that was received from the internal data line; a temperature controlled air supply having an air output; a temperature controlled air supply line attached to the air output, and further attached to a temperature controlled air input on the wall receptacle; the wall receptacle further having a temperature controlled air output to output temperature controlled air received at its temperature controlled air input; and the power/data cable further comprising: a temperature controlled air input at one end of the power/data cable; a temperature controlled air output at the other end of the power/data cable; and a temperature controlled air conduit connecting the temperature controlled air input and the temperature controlled air output; whereby the power/data cable supplies power, data, and temperature controlled air.