Distributed uninterruptible power supply
US8812881B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02J9/062
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed uninterruptible power supply provides power to a system including a plurality of electronic computing devices. Each electronic computing device may include an on-board battery to provide power when a power outage occurs. The electronic computing devices that are executing processes that may be temporarily suspended without adversely impacting the processing of a majority of the plurality electronic computing devices may be identified as sacrificial devices. The motherboard of each sacrificial device may be deactivated to suspend any executing processes. The DC power provided by the on-board battery of each sacrificial device may be converted to AC power and then supplied to the non-sacrificial devices.
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