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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:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Richard Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US);
Chad M. Jones, Doylestown, OH (US);
Emanuele Umberto Giacometti, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2006.01); G05F 1/577 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/577 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one or more embodiments, a T-adapter includes an input for receiving power and data on a wire pair, a first output for transmitting the power and data to a first load, a second output for transmitting the power and data to a second load, and a controller operable to detect and authenticate the first load at the first output or the second load at the second output and enable power at the first output or the second output in response to load detection and authentication.