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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Daniel C. Cohen, Newton, MA (US);
Michael John Patterson, Townsend, MA (US);
Gary R. Ware, Newton, MA (US);
James S. Spitaels, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Noah L. Pendleton, Woburn, MA (US);
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, West Kingston, RI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for detection of a status of a device connected to a USB port of a UPS are described herein. The method includes detecting whether a device is connected to the USB port, based on the detection, receiving, at the UPS, information from the device; determining whether the device is configured as a host device supplying power, a host device requiring power or a peripheral device, and based on the determination, configuring the USB port of the UPS.