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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
May. 24, 2024
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Anshul Tanwar, Bangalore, IN;
Kumaril Kapoor, Bangalore, IN;
Praveen G R, Bangalore, IN;
Padmanabhan Ramanujam, Bangalore, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a powered device for power to be supplied from power sourcing equipment to the powered device; granting, in response to the request, provisional power to the powered device; receiving, an authentication request from the powered device to authenticate the powered device and reserve power; analyzing user data and device data to determine an authentication status for the powered device; denying power within a power budget for the powered device in response to the analyzing determining that the authentication status for the powered device corresponds to a failed authentication; and using an authenticated-power-profile to determine one or more actions to be performed with respect to the powered device having the failed authentication, in response to a defined number of failed authentications or an expiration of a timeout period defining an amount of time allowed to authenticate the powered device.