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System and method of operation for a telecommunications patch system

  • US 6,522,737 B1
  • Filed: 02/10/1999
  • Issued: 02/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telecommunications patching system, comprising:

  • at least one rack structure;

    a plurality of connector ports supported by each said rack structure;

    a plurality of patch cords for selectively interconnecting different pairs of connector ports;

    sensors disposed at said connector ports for detecting the presence of a patch cord in each of said connector ports;

    a plurality of tracing interface modules that selectively attach to said rack structure, wherein said sensors are contained within said tracing interface modules; and

    a controller attached to each said rack structure, said controller being coupled to all said sensors on that rack structure, wherein said controller contains a remote access connector that enables said controller to be accessed from a remote location via a telecommunications link, thereby enabling a person at a remote location to ascertain the presence and absence of patch cords in each of said plurality of connector ports.

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