ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,944, issued on Oct. 14.
"Utility power distribution branch management system" was invented by Cheuk Kwan Lui (Burnaby, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a system for assigning power to a plurality of smart appliances. The system includes a plurality of smart outlet assemblies. Each of the smart outlet assemblies is paired to and in electrical communication with a respective one of the smart appliances. The system includes at least one smart breaker assembly in electrical communication with the smart outlet assemblies. The system includes a master server in communication with the smart breaker assembly. The syste...