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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
May. 10, 2019
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Joseph Polland, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Joseph C. Coffey, Burnsville, MN (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for optically initiated information collection for network connected devices are provided. In one embodiment, a device comprises: at least one service port to connect a cable to the device; an optical information interface comprising: an optical information interface management function executed by a processor coupled to a memory; an optical information interface database that stores information associated with the device; and an optical emitter controller in communication with the optical information interface management function; wherein the optical information interface management function receives from the optical information interface database a set of information selected for optical broadcast; and wherein the optical emitter controller varies an optical output of at least one optical emitter to modulate the set of information selected for optical broadcast onto an optical signal generated by the at least one optical emitter.