US 12,476,833 B2
Management of electrical power supply via ethernet cable
Xavier Lallemand, Bois de Villers (BE); and Olivier Hemerijck, Courriére (BE)
Assigned to ECOGREEN SOFT SPRL, Namur (BE)
Appl. No. 17/922,534
Filed by ECOGREEN SOFT SPRL, Namur (BE)
PCT Filed May 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061952
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/224371, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020/5306 (BE), filed on May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269106 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/10 (2013.01) [G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H04L 12/12 (2013.01); H04L 12/2807 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing a supply of electrical power to Ethernet devices, each Ethernet device being electrically power-supplied by an Ethernet cable connected to a management system comprising a memory storing a first list of Ethernet devices and identifiers, the first list mapping the Ethernet devices to the identifiers; the method comprising the following steps of:
the management system receives an input information allowing to determine one of the identifiers,
the management system determines, based on the first list, a determined Ethernet device corresponding to the determined identifier, and
the management system interrupts the electrical current or re-establish the electrical current to the Ethernet cable supplying power to the determined Ethernet device;
wherein the reception of the input information allowing for determining at least one of the identifiers is triggered by an operation using an input system, distinct from the Ethernet devices and the management system, and comprising a user device corresponding to one of the identifiers; the input information indicating the user device used in the operation, the memory comprising a third list that maps the identifiers to the user devices,
the method comprising a determination of the first list, the determination of the first list preferably comprising a reception of a list of users, each user corresponding to one of the identifiers, the memory comprising a user list that maps the users to the identifiers,
wherein the operation with the user device is a reading by a user device reader, and
wherein the user device comprises a geolocation device, wherein the geolocation device is an RFID chip or a GPS, and the operation triggering the reception of the input information is a geolocation of the user device in a predetermined area,
wherein the memory comprises a second list that maps the Ethernet devices and the Ethernet cables connected to them,
wherein the first list is determined by scanning Ethernet cables connected to the management system, so as to determine the Ethernet devices connected to the management system.