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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Charles Huizenga, Berkeley, CA (US);
Michael Corr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Huizenga, Berkeley, CA (US);
Michael Corr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adura Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for remotely controlling an electrical load are provided. A switch is associated with controlling one or more electricity-consuming devices. After electrically isolating the switch from the electricity-consuming device, an adapter is communicatively coupled to and used to detect the state of the switch. The adapter generates and wirelessly transmits a signal indicative of the detected state of the switch to a controller that controls operation of the device based on at least the state of the switch as detected by the sensor and indicated by the wirelessly transmitted signal.