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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Lifi Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Phillip Bosua, Selby, AU;
Marc Alexander, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
LIFI Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G05F 1/12 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G05F 1/12 (2013.01); H04B 3/54 (2013.01); H04W 52/02 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5441 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5454 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08);
Abstract
A power outlet for controlling power to an external device and transmitting data to the external device, the power outlet including: a housing containing at least one alternating-current power input connection; a power output connection; a data connector; a sensor module; a wireless communication module, including an antenna; a processing unit configured to receive data and control an electrically connected device through the power output connection and/or data connector based on the received data.