MANAGING ELECTRICITY USAGE FOR AN APPLIANCE

摘要

Methods and arrangements for providing appliance power management. A connector arrangement is provided for interconnecting an appliance with a power supply. There is identified, with respect to the appliance connected to the power supply, at least one of: an appliance category, a current operating state of the appliance, and a current standby state of the appliance. In response to the identifying of the at least one of: an appliance category, an appliance operating state and an appliance standby state, there is detected at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality. Also, a control action is undertaken relative to the detection of the at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.

主权项

1. A method of providing appliance power management, said method comprising:
providing a connector arrangement for interconnecting an appliance with a power supply; utilizing at least one processor associated with the connector arrangement to execute computer code configured for: identifying, with respect to the appliance connected to the power supply, at least one of: an appliance category, a current operating state of the appliance, and a current standby state of the appliance; and in response to the identifying of the at least one of: an appliance category, an appliance operating state and an appliance standby state: detecting at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality; and undertaking a control action relative to the detection of the at least one of: anomalous appliance behavior and deficient power quality.