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US 9,155,171 B1Granted
Power over ethernet lighting system
OwnerDavid Anthony Hughes, Michael Raymond Hughesinventors
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program for deploying a lighting system throughout a building using power over Ethernet is provided. In exemplary embodiments, one or more LED lighting structures may be powered using Ethernet cable in a building, and may be controlled by a distributed management system throughout a communication network.
Claims20
A light control structure comprising:
- a power drive unit that receives power through an Ethernet cable to power lights;
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- a processing unit in communication with the power drive unit, wherein the processing unit receives a command to modulate different ones of the lights using different modulation patterns, respectively, wherein the different modulation patterns distinguish between the different lights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.