Apple has filed two copyright programs on the management of energy utilization in a home as well as a terminal that might overcome the power supply.

Better manage its power consumption

The earlier patent determines a system that might let produces of the Company to manage their energy utilization as well as converse with them by making the standard of the HomePlug Alliance. Besides to observing what the battery level of every device as well as control the features enabled to modify their energy requirements or else to products not used before, it might be feasible to application cycles refills contact with off-peak hours, facilitating economies.

Better use of the grid

The second patent describes a system, abolishing the power supply and the need to convert AC to DC. Not only the new plug designed by Apple would adjust the current provided to the machine according to its needs, but it would also serve to transmit data between the taking of a home, as the CPL. These two patents are interesting, but does not appear commercially for several years.