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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Biederman, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth Coley, Campbell, CA (US);
Frederick R. Schindler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/266 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for bidirectional provision of inline power over data telecommunications cabling permits power to be received at a local powered device (PD) from remote power sourcing equipment (PSE) via at least one conductor at a first time and power to be provided by the local device to a remote device or another device at a second different time.