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US 8,028,176 B2Granted
System and method for modeling a power over ethernet component in a computing device platform using a common information model
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsHemal Vinodchandra Shah, Wael William Diab, Simon Assouad
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Abstract
A system and method for modeling a power over Ethernet component using a common information model. With the profiling of components based on the common information model, a remote agent can query status/capabilities or configure a power over Ethernet component based on messaging that is consistent with a power over Ethernet common information model schema.
Claims13
A power over Ethernet request method in a computing device, comprising:
- determining a level of common information model support of a power over Ethernet service that is provided by a switch, said switch delivering power to said computing device via an Ethernet cable;
- getting an instance of a supported power over Ethernet service class, said power over Ethernet service class describing characteristcs of said power over Ethnet service;
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- transmitting a power request message to said switch, said power request message being based on a method supported by said power over Ethernet service class.
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A power over Ethernet method in a management device, comprising:
- determining, via a query transmitted by said management device to a portable computing device via network communication over an Ethernet cable that couples said portable computing device to a network, a level of common information model support in said portable computing device of a power over Ethernet client class;
- determining a capacity of a battery in said portable computing device based on battery class information that is associated with said power over Ethernet client class;
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- configuring said portable computing device power over Ethernet capability based on a modification of setting data associated with said power over Ethernet client class.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.