Patent ID: 11863015
Assignee: INNOVATIVE LIGHTING, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  F | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for providing power to an external load, comprising:
a network driver having an input connection capable of receiving power and data from an external power and data source through a power sourcing equipment (PSE), and one or more output connections capable of supplying power and data to the external load; and
the PSE, coupled between the external power and data source and the network driver, the PSE capable of immediately initiating delivery of a predetermined amount of power to the external load via the network driver when loss of a physical negotiated link, comprising a communication link with determined communication protocols for speed of communication and uni- or bi-directional communication capabilities between a network switch of the PSE and the network driver, occurs.