Patent ID: 8450874

Claim:
A method of managing power to a remote device comprising: connecting the remote device to an IP configurable power strip having multiple power sockets, the remote device receiving power through a specific one of the power sockets, the remote device and the IP configurable power strip each adapted to require authentication by a user; connecting each of the IP configurable power strip and the remote device to a network, the IP configurable power strip having an IP address assigned thereto; determining whether the user has been successfully authenticated on the remote device in accordance with a predefined security protocol, the IP configurable power strip configured to permit the user control of the specific one of the power sockets over the network without authentication by the user on the IP configurable power strip if the user has been successfully authenticated on the remote device; accessing the IP configurable power strip over the network using the IP address assigned thereto; and manipulating the power supplied to the remote device by controlling the specific one of the power sockets on the IP configurable power strip over the network.