Patent ID: 7906869

Claim:
An outlet apparatus with power classification management, comprising: a remote control unit having a first operation key and a second operation key; at least three sockets, being classified into a plurality of socket groups, comprising a first controllable socket group, a second controllable socket group and an uncontrollable socket group wherein the first controllable group includes a first socket that is controllable by the first operation key, and the second controllable group includes the first socket and a second socket that are controllable by the second operation key; a communication module; a microprocessor, which is coupled with the communication module, the first controllable socket group, and the second controllable socket group, for respectively controlling the first controllable socket group and the second controllable socket group in terms of whether or not to provide electric power; wherein when the first operation key is pressed, the remote control unit issues a first control signal to the communication module in order to control operations of the first socket in the first controllable socket group, and when the second operation key is pressed, the remote control unit issues a second control signal to the communication module in order to control operations of the first socket and the second socket in the second controllable socket group.