Patent ID: 8072197

Claim:
A power-managed socket comprising: a socket for connecting to an electrical device and thus providing the electrical device with power; a detection circuit capable of detecting and outputting a characteristic value of the electrical device connected to the socket, the characteristic value being a voltage value or a current value; an identification database capable of storing parameters corresponding to at least one specific electrical product; a micro control unit capable of converting the characteristic value received from the detection circuit after the characteristic value is analog-to-digital converted into an electric signal while comparing the electric signal with signals stored in the identification database to determine whether the electrical device connected to the socket is the specific electric product; a power circuit capable of providing the detection circuit, the identification database and the micro control unit with power; a switch connected to the socket to control the power supplied to the socket; and a standby power auto-control circuit connected to the switch and the micro control unit so that the standby power auto-control circuit is controlled by a standby power auto-control software to command the switch to cut off the power supplied to the socket when the accumulated power consumption or the load of the socket exceeds a default value before or after the electrical device starts to operate in a standby mode.