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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Edward David Monnerat, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Nicholas Adam Pinckernell, Littleton, CO (US);
Jonathan Alan Leech, Denver, CO (US);
Andy Martushev, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Scott Moody, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
David B. Leach, Centennial, CO (US);
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for leveraging user premises supplied electric power to power active components in an information delivery network. In response to one or more conditions, an active component may switch an input power path from using grid-supplied or battery power to draw power from a user premises. The decision to switch the power path may be based on a number of conditions, for example, whether power is available from the grid, the relative cost of power from the user premises and whether the power from the user premises includes power from a renewable source.