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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Timothy Hugh Pearson, Overland Park, KS (US);
Seng Gan, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jason Jugar, Centreville, VA (US);
Henry Burford, Leesburg, VA (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention monitor an electrical circuit in a power over Ethernet ('PoE') installation to detect potential security breaches and implement a security response upon detecting the security event. The security event may be a disruption to the electrical circuit lasting more than a threshold duration (e.g., 250 ms, 0.5 second, 1 second). The disruption can be an open circuit caused by cutting or unplugging the Ethernet cable. In one aspect, the security response can be discontinuing further communications over the PoE connection.