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Real time monitoring of cable patch panel

  • US 6,784,802 B1
  • Filed: 11/06/2000
  • Issued: 08/31/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for monitoring connections between plural mating positions made by a cable having a connector at each of two ends, comprising:

  • an electronic tag proximate each connector of the cable;

    electronic tag readers proximate each of the plural mating positions to which each connector of the cable can connect; and

    a monitor connected to the electronic tag reader, which controls the electronic tag reader, monitors presence of the electronic tag at a particular electronic tag reader, and determines between which of the plural mating positions the cable is connected.

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