Patent ID: 8724490

Claim:
An energy management system for a home network comprising managed energy consuming devices respectively drawing different amounts of power in a home, comprising: a central controller located in the home and having a memory and at least one transceiver in communication with the managed energy consuming devices that respectively comprise a device controller; a home network router communicatively coupled to the central controller and comprising at least two wireless communication modules configured to communicate using at least two different wireless communication protocols that facilitate communication among the managed energy consuming devices and the central controller; and at least one power/energy measuring device in communication with the central controller and the managed energy consuming devices via the home network router and configured to provide a total energy/power consumption measurement for the home and power/energy consumption measurement for each of the managed energy consuming devices; wherein the home network router comprises a memory having a table of IP Address/subnet masks of other devices located in the home and communicatively coupled to the home network router over different WiFi, Ethernet, and Zigbee IP/6LowPan links; and a routing engine configured to recognize datagrams destined for Zigbee IP/6LowPan devices based on datagram IP prefix; and wherein the central controller is configured to monitor and communicate energy consumption of each of the managed energy consuming devices and respective components thereof by sending communications to each of the managed energy consuming devices via the device controller respectively and to provide real time feedback to a user interface display.