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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Philip Young, Northampton, GB;
Andrew James Heaton, Chepstow, GB;
Inventors:
Philip Young, Northampton, GB;
Andrew James Heaton, Chepstow, GB;
Assignee:
enModus Limited, Monmouthshire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/7075 (2011.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01R 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/7075 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); G01R 21/006 (2013.01); G06F 17/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/10 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/60 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/43 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power-consumption monitoring device, for taking measurements of the power consumed by an appliance. The device is connectable to a mains electrical circuit and operable to transmit the measurements to a master device through the circuit. Also presented is a master device, for receiving over a mains electrical circuit power-measurements transmitted by one or more power-consumption monitoring devices. Also presented is a power-line communications network comprising: a master device; and one or more power-consumption monitoring devices.