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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US);
Charles Calvin Byers, Wheaton, IL (US);
Robert Gregory Twiss, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
D. Brice Achkir, Livermore, CA (US);
Chad M. Jones, Doylestown, OH (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/80 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04M 19/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 50/30 (2016.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/807 (2013.01); G02B 6/4293 (2013.01); H02J 50/30 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/12 (2013.01); H04L 12/40045 (2013.01); H04L 12/40091 (2013.01); H04L 12/40176 (2013.01); H04M 19/08 (2013.01); G01J 3/0218 (2013.01); G02B 6/3817 (2013.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.12);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving power delivered over a data fiber cable at an optical transceiver installed at a network communications device and transmitting data and the power from the optical transceiver to the network communications device. The network communications device is powered by the power received from the optical transceiver. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.