A system comprising smart sockets each having a plug receptacle, a plug detection sensor; and a socket controller configured to switch power off or on to the plug receptacle; and a supervisor configured to detect a change in a plug state, in response to identifying a change from the plug absent state to the plug present state, the supervisor is configured to send a control signal to a smart socket of one or more of the smart sockets that causes the corresponding socket controller to switch on power to the corresponding plug receptacle of the smart socket; and in response to identifying a change from the plug present state to the plug absent state, the supervisor sends a control signal to the smart socket of one or more of the smart sockets that causes the corresponding socket controller to switch off power to the corresponding plug receptacle.

A method includes: providing a device having a counter that stores a cycle count measuring a number of clock cycles since the device was last turned ON or a timer that stores an elapsed time since the device was last turned ON; (a) flagging a first or additional defined memory location when the cycle count or the elapsed time reaches a first or additional first milestone; (b) unflagging the first or additional defined memory location when the cycle count or the elapsed time reaches a second or additional second milestone, wherein the second or additional second milestone is greater than the first or additional first milestone; (c) determining that the device is turned OFF and then ON again; repeating steps (a) through (c) a specified number of times; and resetting the device or turning a program ON when all the first or additional memory locations reach a specified flag configuration.

A system of modules which control and measure energy usage at a building which are in communication with a software program executing on a remote server controlled by a third party. The third party said usage via the software program which communicates with the modules to modify energy usage and demand for energy and is responsible or liable for energy usage charges the building where the third party does not actually use the energy.

Systems and methods for management of the connection of cold loads to an electrical distribution network are disclosed. One disclosed system for managing connection of cold loads to an electrical distribution network includes an electric meter configured to detect a restoration of power following an outage, and in response to detecting the restoration of power following the outage, restarting operation and entering a service limiter mode. The electric meter remains in the service limiter mode for a predetermined period of time. While in service limiter mode, the electric meter accumulates power and compares the accumulated power to a threshold value to determine whether to control a service switch to connect or disconnect one or more loads from an electrical distribution network. After another predetermined period of time, the electric meter may reconnect the one or more loads to the electrical distribution network and return to normal operations.

This application disclose example electric energy control methods. When power of a main device is lower than baseline power, an energy storage device is in a charging state and stores remaining electric energy. When power of a main device is greater than the baseline power, the main device receives electric energy output by a power supply device and the energy storage device. To be specific, the energy storage device is in a discharging state and supplies power together with the power supply device to ensure operation of the main device. However, an amount of electric energy stored in the energy storage device is limited. When an amount of the electric energy of the energy storage device is insufficient, the main device is notified to decrease radio frequency power of a preset frequency band of the main device, to reduce a breakdown caused by excessively high power of the main device.

Intelligent wireless energy sharing is provided. An ad hoc wireless mesh network that includes a plurality of energy nodes is formed using a set of machine learning models. The plurality of energy nodes is comprised of the energy node and a set of other energy nodes. A source energy node and a sink energy node in the plurality of energy nodes is identified using the set of machine learning models in response to forming the ad hoc wireless mesh network. Energy is wirelessly transferred from the energy node as the source energy node to the sink energy node via the ad hoc wireless mesh network utilizing a transceiver.

An apparatus includes an electronics housing having a bottom and a side that at least partially form a cavity having an opening. An electronics housing cover is coupled to the electronics housing and at least partially covers the opening of the cavity. A portion of the electronics housing cover extends beyond the side of the electronics housing. A first antenna is disposed adjacent to the bottom and external to the cavity of the electronics housing. A second antenna is disposed adjacent to the side and external to the cavity of the electronics housing. A first signal passing in a first direction is capable of being received at the second antenna without passing through the electronics housing and is not capable of being received at the first antenna without passing through the electronics housing. A second signal passing in a second direction opposite the first direction is capable of being received at the first antenna without passing through the electronics housing.

A communication adapter capable of performing communication even in a case where power supply from an external device has ceased is provided. The communication adapter includes a power storage configured to receive power supplied from an external device and store the power, a communication unit configured to receive power supplied from the power storage, a control unit configured to communicate with an external management device via the communication unit, a first power supply line through which the power supplied from the external device goes to the control unit, thereby bypassing the power storage, and a second power supply line through which the power supplied from the power storage goes to the control unit.