Patent Document ID: 20130124123
Application ID: 13717195
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus configured to detect a change in an electrical state of one or more electrical devices, the one or more electrical devices are coupled to an electrical power infrastructure of a structure and generate electrical noise on the electrical power infrastructure, the apparatus comprises: a processing module configured to run on a computer processor; and a sensing device configured to be removably coupled to an electrical outlet, the sensing device comprising: a data acquisition receiver configured to receive the electrical noise via the electrical outlet when the sensing device is coupled to the electrical outlet, and further configured to convert the electrical noise into one or more first data signals, wherein: the electrical outlet is electrically coupled to the electrical power infrastructure; the sensing device is further configured to provide the one or more first data signals to the processing module; and the processing module is further configured to determine electrical power consumed by the one or more electrical devices at least in part by using the one or more first data signals.