Patents by Inventor Benny Thottakkara

Benny Thottakkara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optimized power over ethernet power distribution system
    Patent number: 9727110
    Abstract: A power distribution system includes a manager provided on a network controller and an agent provided on a line module. The manager is operable to receive a configuration for a port on the line module. A connection to the port is then detected by the agent and communicated to the manager. At least one of the manager and the agent determines that the connection is for a powered device that is operable to receive power and data through the port. The manager then classifies the powered device. If the manager determines that the classification of the powered device corresponds to the configuration of the port, the manager provides power to the powered device through the port according to an allocation for the powered device from a global power budget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Rabah S. Hamdi, Srinivasa Rao Nagalla, Benny Thottakkara
  • OPTIMIZED POWER OVER ETHERNET POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140245031
    Abstract: A power distribution system includes a manager provided on a network controller and an agent provided on a line module. The manager is operable to receive a configuration for a port on the line module. A connection to the port is then detected by the agent and communicated to the manager. At least one of the manager and the agent determines that the connection is for a powered device that is operable to receive power and data through the port. The manager then classifies the powered device. If the manager determines that the classification of the powered device corresponds to the configuration of the port, the manager provides power to the powered device through the port according to an allocation for the powered device from a global power budget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Rabah S. Hamdi, Srinivasa Rao Nagalla, Benny Thottakkara