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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Daniel W. Macauley, Fishers, IN (US);
Peter T. Tucker, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Daniel W. Macauley, Fishers, IN (US);
Peter T. Tucker, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 5/22 (2006.01); G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 1/00 (2006.01); G08C 19/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of determining patch cord connectivity information include receiving, at each of a plurality of RFID readers, a signal from an RFID tag that is associated with a first patch cord and then, identifying the one of a plurality of connector ports that the first patch cord is connected to based at least in part on respective strengths of the signals received at each of the plurality of RFID readers. RFID triangulation systems and methods of calibrating such systems are also provided.