CPC G05F 1/66 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3209 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H02J 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 13/0005 (2020.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 2310/14 (2020.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
monitoring network-enabled electric plugs in a first region;
obtaining, by one of the network-enabled electric plugs and via network sniffing, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses associated with a set of network-enabled electric plugs in a second region and connected to a same access point as one of the network-enabled electric plugs; and
in response to determining, by one of the network-enabled electric plugs, that the obtained IP addresses do not correspond to a list of previously obtained IP addresses for the first region, transmitting, by the one of the network-enabled electric plugs, a message to a web application indicating that the one of the network-enabled electric plugs has moved from the first region to the second region.
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