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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:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicants:
Kimon Papakos, Evanston, IL (US);
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kimon Papakos, Evanston, IL (US);
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); H04Q 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/18 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); H04Q 1/136 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for visually indicating the connections between optical interfaces is provided. The optical interfaces may include multi-wavelength optical interfaces and uni-wavelength optical interfaces. The optical interfaces may reside within optical nodes contained within an optical network.