(12) United States Patent
`Austerman, III et al.
`
`(10) Patent N0.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
`
`US 8,942,107 B2
`Jan. 27, 2015
`
`US008942107B2
`
`PIECE OF ETHERNET TERMINAL
`EQUIPMENT
`
`Inventors: John F. Austerman, III, Huntington
`Woods, Ml (US); Nlarshall B.
`Cummings, Troy, MI (US)
`
`Assignee: Chri)/Iar Systems, Inc., Farmington
`Hills, MI (US)
`
`Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
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`Appl. No.2 13/370,913
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`Filed:
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`Feb. 10, 2012
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`Prior Publication Data
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`US 2012/0250784 A1
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`Oct. 4, 2012
`
`Related U.S. Application Data
`
`Continuation of application No. 12/239,001, filed on
`Sep. 26, 2008, now Pat. No. 8,155,012, which is a
`continuation of application No. 10/668,708, filed on
`Sep. 23, 2003, now Pat. No. 7,457,250, which is a
`continuation of application No. 09/370,430, filed on
`Aug. 9, 1999, now Pat. No. 6,650,622, which is a
`continuation—in—part
`of
`application
`No.
`PCT/US99/07846, filed on Apr. 8, 1999.
`
`Provisional application No. 60/081,279, filed on Apr.
`10, 1 998.
`
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
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`Int. Cl.
`H04L 12/12
`G081! 13/14
`H04L l/24
`H0413 3/54
`U.S. Cl.
`CPC .. H04L 1/24 (2013.01); H043 3/54 (2013.01);
`H043 2203/5445 (2013.01); H043 2203/5458
`(2013.01); H043 2203/5466 (2013.01), H043
`2203547 (2013.01); H043 2203/5491
`(2013.01); H043 2203/5495 (2013.01)
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`::*1‘.§T“.3$ BAH
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`(58)
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`USPC ....................... .. 370/241; 370/463; 340/568.1
`Field of Classification Search
`None
`See application file for complete search history.
`
`References Cited
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`U.S. PATFNT DOCUMFNTS
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`202,495 A
`244.426 A
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`4/1878 Watson
`7/188
`Bell
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`(Con inued)
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`FOREIGN PAT,:\Il DOCUM,
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`2183106 A1
`2050662 U
`
`2/1998
`1/1990
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`(C011
`inued)
`OTHER PU 3LlCATlONS
`“l0BaseT Takes Off” (l,AN Magazine, May 1991).
`(Con
`inued)
`
`3ham
`
`Primary Emminer — Chi II
`Assistant Examiner — Soon-
`
`Jong D Hyun
`(74) Atturrtey, Agent, or Firm — Harness, Dickey & Pierce,
`P.L.C.
`
`(57)
`
`ABSTRACT
`
`A piece of Ethernet terminal equipment having an Ethernet
`connector including first and second pairs of contacts used to
`carry lithernet communication signals. At least one path for
`the purpose of drawing DC current. The at least one path
`coupled across at least one of the contacts of the first pair of
`contacts and at least one of the contacts of the second pair of
`contacts. The piece of lithernet terminal equipment to draw
`different magnitudes of DC current flow via the at least one
`path. The dii'ferent magnitudes of DC current flow to result
`from at least one condition applied to at least one of the
`co11tacts of tlie first a11d second pairs of contacts, wherein at
`least one of the magnitudes of the DC current flow to convey
`information about the piece of Ethernet terminal equipment.
`
`125 Claims, 13 Drawing Sheets
`
`AMX
`Exhibit 1003-00001
`
`

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`h "all
`'fi
`'
`"1990.
`EAINSSC /’lE€1l:'}ErSf(Ple8:02C21’t’lE2‘SIEl3E Standard for Information technol-
`ogy—Telecommunicalions and information exchange between sys-
`tems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific require-
`\T
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`/
`t
`-4 -
`»— /'
`~/ — 00
`area . et-
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`.
`.
`.
`.
`Fibre Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)—Stat1on Management
`‘1SMT:’”(199‘0'
`“ANS X3.166—1990"—“For Information Systems"—“Fibre Dis-
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`“ANS X3 . l66—I990”—“For
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`“ANS X3.263-1995”—“For Information 'I'echnology”—Fibre Dis-
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`_
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`
`AMX
`Exhibit 1003-00006
`
`

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