Patent ID: 8604915

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a smart power socket, a first power request over a power line, the first power request including a requested area identifier; retrieving, at the smart power socket, one or more socket area identifiers corresponding to the smart power socket; generating, at the smart power socket, a second power request in response to at least one of the one or more retrieved socket area identifiers matching the requested area identifier of the first power request; transmitting, from the smart power socket, the second power request over a power cord that connects the smart power socket to a device; receiving, at the smart power socket, a power response from the device, the power response corresponding to the second power request transmitted from the smart power socket; identifying a power setting based on the received power response, the identifying performed by a processor included in the smart power socket; and regulating power from the smart power socket to the device using the identified power setting.