Distributing system

• US 20040117515A1
• Filed: 11/14/2003
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), Tokyo Communication Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), Tokyo Communication Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
• Inventors: Moriyama, Tokiharu, Sasabe, Akihide, Oobayashi, Takayuki, Aita, Hitoshi, Sato, Katsura, Sago, Masuyuki, Enomoto, Masanori
• Application Number:
  US10/713,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20040117515A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3895 identification of connection, e.g. right plug to the right socket or full engagement of the mating parts keying element on the plug or adapter G02B6/3831; keying element on the ferrule G02B6/3851; keying element for electrical connection H01R13/64
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3897 Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards G02B6/44528 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6392 for extension cord
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery

Abstract

A distributing system 20, comprising: connection lines 3 to two ends of each of which connector plugs 9 with memory function unit 10 capable of untouchably performing, from the outside thereof, writing-in operation and reading-out operation of identification information of the same connector plugs are respectively connected; plug boards 6 mounted on the distributing system; adapters or receptacles 7, mounted separately on the plug boards and connected respectively to communication lines, for coupling to each of the connector plugs; antennas 11 positioned at the neighborhood of each of the adapters or receptacles for untouchably writing-in operation into and reading-out operation of the address information from the memory function unit when each of the connector plugs is coupled to desired one of the adapters or receptacles; and a data processing and display device 17,18, connected to the antennas, comprising memory means for storing a wiring table indicative of desired mutual relationship between said addresses information of said adapters or receptacles and said identification information of the connector plugs, and display means for displaying desired parts of information on the wiring table. The identification information of each of the connector plugs coupled to one of said adapters or receptacles specified from said mutual relationship is displayed on the display means and stored in the memory means.

Claims

1. A distributing system, comprising:

a plurality of connection lines of single core or multi-core, to two ends of each of which connector plugs with memory function unit capable of untouchably performing, from the outside thereof, writing-in operation and reading-out operation of identification information of the same connector plugs are respectively connected;

a plurality of plug boards mounted on the distributing system;

a plurality of adapters or receptacles, mounted separately on the plug boards and connected respectively to communication lines, for coupling to each of the connector plugs with memory function units capable of untouchably performing, from the outside thereof, writing-in operation and reading-out operation of address information of said adapters or receptacles;

a plurality of antennas positioned at the neighborhood of each of the adapters or receptacles for untouchably writing-in operation into and reading-out operation of the address information from the memory function unit when each of the connector plugs is coupled to desired one of the adapters or receptacles; and

a data processing and display device, connected to a plurality of said antennas, comprising memory means for storing a wiring table indicative of desired mutual relationship between said addresses information of said adapters or receptacles and said identification information of the connector plugs, and display means for displaying desired parts of information on the wiring table;

said identification information of each of the connector plugs coupled to one of said adapters or receptacles specified from said mutual relationship being displayed on the display means and stored in the memory means.

2. A distributing system according to claim 1, in which each of indicators are mounted at the neighborhood of each of the adapters or the receptacles in order to be ON-OFF switched in accordance with desired switching timing, which is controlled by a control signal from the data processing and displaying device.

3. A distributing system according to claim 2, further comprising means for lightening the indicators in two different colors of one safe color and the other questioned color, said questioned color being lightened at erroneous connection position in view of said desired mutual relationship between said addresses information of said adapters or receptacles and said identification information of the connector plugs.