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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2008
Jeffrey Alan Calcaterra, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Steven Michael Miller, Cary, NC (US);
Humberto Gutierrez-rivas, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jeffrey Alan Calcaterra, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Steven Michael Miller, Cary, NC (US);
Humberto Gutierrez-Rivas, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A module is provided for identifying outlets on a common power circuit. The module comprises a connector adapted to electrically couple with an outlet, a signal generator electrically connected to the connector and adapted to send a signal through the connector into a power circuit in response to a predetermined discrete event, an indicator; and logic electrically connected to the connector and the indicator and adapted to detect a signal from another apparatus propagated on a common circuit and activate the indicator in response to the signal.