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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Commscope Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Yu Zhong, Allen, TX (US);
Ryan Enge, Carrollton, TX (US);
Lary Blake Van Scoy, Allen, TX (US);
LeaAnn Harrison Carl, Plano, TX (US);
Michael G. German, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Danny L. Satterthwaite, Allen, TX (US);
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is directed to a method of tracking, using an automated infrastructure management (AIM) system, connections made using a breakout cable. The breakout cable comprises a plurality of breakout connectors at a breakout end of the breakout cable. The method comprises identifying a sequence for adding or removing connections involving the breakout connectors of the breakout cable, identifying events associated with adding or removing connections involving the breakout connectors of the breakout cable, and associating the breakout connectors of the breakout cable with added or removed connections based on the identified sequence and the identified events. Other embodiments are disclosed.