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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
May. 28, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Osvaldo Patricio Morales, Key West, FL (US);
Michael P Czamara, Leavenworth, WA (US);
Judith Ying Priest, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adolfo Bravo Ferreira, Poulsbo, WA (US);
Scot Edward Heath, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kevin Carter Keaney, Media, PA (US);
Shashank Gupta, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Examples are disclosed that relate to computing systems having a common conductive pathway. One example provides a computing system comprising a power supply configured to output electrical power for delivery to one or more power nodes, and one or more power monitors configured to identify a power overload condition based on the power output by the power supply. The computing system further comprises a parent controller configured to, based at least on receiving an indication of the power overload condition, transmit an instruction to one or more child controllers that causes each child controller to effect a change in an operational state of a corresponding power node. The computing system also comprises a conductive pathway along which electrical power output from the power supply is transmitted for delivery to the one or more power nodes, and along which the instruction is transmitted to the one or more child controllers.