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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2008
Christopher Thomas Foltz, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Kanayo G. Okonji, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Sreekanth Ramakrishnan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Eduardo M. Koster Abad, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Eric A. Stegner, Durham, NC (US);
Christopher Thomas Foltz, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Kanayo G. Okonji, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Sreekanth Ramakrishnan, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Eduardo M. Koster Abad, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Eric A. Stegner, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for storing a cable, including receiving one or more cables on an adjustable central coil. An RFID chip connected to the cable is read via a RFID reader proximate the central coil. The cable is routed from the central coil to one or more adjustable middle coils, and routed from the middle coil to an adjustable outer coil. The cable is dispensed from the outer coil; and, the RFID chip is read via a RFID reader proximate the outer coil. The method modifies the distance between the central coil and the middle coil, the central coil and the outer coil, and/or the middle coil and the outer coil. Specifically, the diameter of the central coil, the middle coil, and/or the outer coil is adjusted. The modification accommodates for the arc limit and/or head size of the cable.