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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles B. Schoening, Little Silver, NJ (US);
John D. Parello, Campbell, CA (US);
Tirthankar Ghose, San Ramon, CA (US);
Rachel Ross, Austin, TX (US);
Amber Imam, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3209 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a message at a network element configured for routing packets, where the message directs a network device to change its power state; identifying the network device as being associated with a network for which the network element has responsibility; and communicating at least a portion of the message from the network element to the network device.