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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019

Filed:

May. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);

Inventors:

Brendan F. Doorhy, Westmont, IL (US);

Shahriar B. Allen, Naperville, IL (US);

James F. Wiemeyer, Homer Glen, IL (US);

Robert E. Wilcox, Monee, IL (US);

Donald J. Beran, Tinley Park, IL (US);

Assignee:

Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/16 (2013.01); G06N 5/02 (2013.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 41/0213 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); Y02D 30/30 (2018.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of the present invention allow for the discovery of physical location information about network assets and the delivery of that information to network administrators. In addition, environmental and other information about network asset locations can be provided to an administrator. Intelligent patch panels and power outlet units are installed in network cabinets to facilitate the acquisition and reporting of physical infrastructure information, including information about network resource availability.


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