In one embodiment  a system for controlling operation of an electrical appliance is provided. The system comprises multiple switching units  each switching unit capable of independently controlling the operation of the electrical appliance  at least one switching means connected in series with the electrical applian...

A system for controlling power delivered to an electrical load is provided. The system comprises a variable voltage power source  a light emitting diode (LED) coupled to the variable voltage power source  the LED having multiple outputs representative of the varied brightness of the light emitting diode  a light de...

In one embodiment  a method of communicating with a service provider is provided. The method comprises steps of generating a message trigger in a system installed by the service provider  creating a status message describing error detection and transmitting the status message to at least one personal communication d...

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In one embodiment  a system for controlling operation of at least one electrical appliance is provided. The system comprises a control unit configured to receive input from at least one of a switching unit  the control unit being coupled to the electrical appliance via at least one switching means  the control unit ...

In one embodiment  a system of communication is provided. The system comprises at least one control device  the control device configured for operating an appliance  a host device coupled to each of the control device  the host device configured for communicating with the control device for controlling the operation...

In one embodiment  a method of tracking a control unit is provided. The method comprises steps of determining a first parameter  the first parameter being battery level of the control unit  determining a second parameter  the second parameter being signal strength  the signal strength representing a strength of a wi...

A surveillance system and surveillance camera designed for operating in environments with power and network disruptions is disclosed. The surveillance camera  in the case of a power disruption  reduces the power consumption and in the case of a network disruption  reduces the storage requirements and the network ban...