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a1‘

Andrew

Cleveland,

Reno,

(US)

5,717,934

2/1998

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Server

Technology,

Inc.,

Reno,

(Us)

5,721,934

2/1998

Scheurlch

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Summary of content (15 pages)

PAGE 1
US007162521B2 (12) (54) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: Ewing et a]. (45) Date of Patent: US 7,162,521 B2 *Jan. 9, 2007 REMOTE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM 5,506,573 A * 4/1996 Ewing et a1. ............. .. 340/644 (75) Inventors: Carrel W. Ewing, Reno, NV (US); 5,506,790 A 5,537,462 A 4/1996 Nguyen 7/l996 Utter et a1‘ _ (73) Assignee: Server Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (Us) (*) Notice: Andrew J. Cleveland, Reno, NV (US) _ 5,717,934 A 5,721,934 A 2/1998 Pltt et a1.
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US 7,162,521 B2 Page 2 US. PATENT DOCUMENTS Server Technology, Inc ., VersaTimer Operations Manual, Thank you for purchasing the VersaTimer, 3 pages. 6,029,092 6,408,395 6,496,103 6,507,273 6,519,509 A B1 B1 B1 B1 6,715,088 B1 2004/0047095 A1* 2/2000 6/2002 12/2002 1/2003 2/2003 Stein Sugahara et al. Weiss et al. Chang et al. Nierlich et al. 3/2004 Togawa 3/2004 Server Technology, Inc., VersaTimer, A 7-Day, Programmable Power Scheduler, 1994, 2 pages. Server Technology, Inc.
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U.S. Patent Jan. 9, 2007 Sheet 4 of4 US 7,162,521 B2 : neutraLout 236 Fig.
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US 7,162,521 B2 1 2 REMOTE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM reduce non-netWork costs, and that usually translates to CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS feWer technical people available in the right places to support large and complex in-house global netWorks. Such reduced repair staffs noW rely on a combination of central ized netWork management tools and third-party maintenance This is a Continuation application of US. patent appli organizations to service their remote POP sites. The costs cation Ser. No.
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US 7,162,521 B2 3 4 work management functions to be carried out between client the node. For example, in a router based network with equipment nodes and management agent nodes. SNMP support, prior art individual routers can use SNMP to issue an alarm to the management console. But the console SNMP is an application protocol for network manage ment services in the internet protocol suite.
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US 7,162,521 B2 5 6 e.g., by reducing the number of third party maintenance only the four netWork appliances 38, 40, 42, 44, typical dispatches to remote locations. Another advantage of the present invention is that a system and method are provided for reducing the time it takes to restore a failed netWork appliance and improving installations Will have so many that it is easy for the Wiring of the poWer supply to get confused.
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US 7,162,521 B2 7 8 module 200 includes a power supply and clock generator therefore gates through the seventy volt AC Waveform tWice each cycle such that altemating pulses of +70 volts and —70 212, a load sensor 214, a poWer-on sensor 216, a solid-state relay 218 and a microprocessor 220. A serial input/output (l/O) connection 221 provides for communication With a controller, e.g., poWer manager 28. A “tickle” relay 222 is controlled by the microprocessor 220 and can issue a dry-contact test signal.
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US 7,162,521 B2 10 device. SNMP management is not required for the enterprise power manger and the associated intelligent power modules. The intelligent power modules include normally closed relays so power is always on except when the relay is User interfaces are preferably provided to be con?gured by a system administrator at the SNMP manager 20. A screen interface allows an operator to control individual intelligent power modules 30, 32, 34, 36, directly from an associated keyboard.
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US 7,162,521 B2 11 12 applications Where it is too late to incorporate such func tionally, external plug-in assemblies are preferred such that Wherein said microprocessor is adapted to communicate the olf-the-shelf UPS systems can be used. load status to the netWork poWer manager application 6.
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US 7,162,521 B2 13 14 prises a clock generator With an output that coincides With a managed information base (MIB) data construct commu nicated from the netWork poWer manager application to the poWer manager agent application over the netWork commu each zero-crossing of the incoming alternating current poWer. 14.
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US 7,162,521 B2 15 16 a power manager agent application mounted in the hous processor in voltage determination communication With a poWer relay in poWer controlling communication ing and being connectable to the network communica With said corresponding poWer outlet, said intelligent tions connection; poWer module being in poWer state reporting commu nication With the netWork poWer manager application a power supply housing; a plurality of poWer outlets mounted in the poWer supply housing; and th
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION PATENT NO. : 7,162,521 B2 Page 1 of 1 APPLICATION NO. : 10/806130 DATED INVENTOR(S) : January 9, 2007 : Ewing et al. It is certified that error appears in the above-identi?ed patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below: Column 1, lines 10-12, “now US. Patent No. 5,949,974 the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety” should be replaced by --now US. Patent No. 5,949,974.