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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2011
Benoit Claise, Othee, BE;
John D. Parello, Campbell, CA (US);
Charles B. Schoening, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Emmanuel Tychon, Angleur, BE;
Tirthankar Ghose, San Ramon, CA (US);
Benoit Claise, Othee, BE;
John D. Parello, Campbell, CA (US);
Charles B. Schoening, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Emmanuel Tychon, Angleur, BE;
Tirthankar Ghose, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes computing energy usage associated with a domain that includes a plurality of endpoints; identifying particular endpoints of the plurality of endpoints that are capable of switching from a first power source to a battery power source; and communicating a broadcast message to the particular endpoints to switch to their corresponding battery power source.