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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2012
Applicant:

Timothy James Schlichter, Huntsville, AL (US);

Inventor:

Timothy James Schlichter, Huntsville, AL (US);

Assignee:

ADTRAN, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/40045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power sourcing equipment is connected to a powered device via a cable. The power sourcing equipment is configured to provide power to different types of devices and the powered device is configured to receive power from different types of power sourcing equipment. The power sourcing equipment has a control system for determining the type of powered device that is connected to the cable and furnishes power in response to the determination. The powered device has a detection resistance that is detectable by different types of power sourcing equipment. Also described is a powered device capable of establishing communication with PSEs of multiple types.


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