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Apparatus and method for identifying, based on an alternating pattern, a port to which a cable is connected

  • US 8,934,340 B1
  • Filed: 07/18/2013
  • Issued: 01/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A switch comprising:

  • a first connector configured to connect via a cable to a computer;

    a first port attached to the first connector, wherein, while the first connector is connected to the computer via the cable, the first port is configured totransmit a first command signal from the switch to the computer via the cable, wherein the first command signal requests identification of the first port, anddetect a first response to the first command signal as received from the computer; and

    a first indicator connected to the first port, wherein the first indicator is configured to identify the first port based on an alternating pattern of the first response to the first command signal.

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