AC-powered in-wall computing device with power-line networking capabilities

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8832469
APP PUB NO 20110283120A1
SERIAL NO

13194169

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Apparatus and systems provide processing capabilities and power-line networking capabilities. An in-wall computing device has a power connector for receiving an Alternating Current (AC) signal from a power source and a housing that is sized for installation into an electrical wall box. The device may have internal data injection circuitry for injecting data into the AC signal or may have internal data receiving circuitry for extracting data from the AC signal. A system includes at least two in-wall computing devices, each having a power connector for receiving an AC signal from a power source. A first device has a user input interface and internal data injection circuitry for transmitting user input data to a second device over the AC signal. The second device has internal data receiving circuitry for extracting the user input data and controlling peripherals attached to peripheral ports of the device according to the data.

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  • AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sivertsen, Clas Gerhard Lilburn, US 76 877

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