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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. 17, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tal Weiss, Nes-Ziona, IL;
Opher Yaron, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Congruency Inc., Rochelle Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A device, system and method for providing power in a secure manner to a network device connected to a network, such as an Ethernet network for example. The device is optionally implemented as an intelligent power supply, which is able to interrogate the network device before power is supplied, in order to determine the electrical capabilities of the device and/or whether the device is authorized to be connected to the network. Such an intelligent power supply preferably communicates with a low power communication device at each network device, which supplies the necessary information upon request.