Patent ID: 9473361
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H01R,H04B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A wall plate device comprising: a plurality of jacks, each jack including a rear attachment point configured to couple to one or more communication paths for non-service network traffic, each jack including a front attachment point configured to mate with a connector of a corresponding physical communication media and couple such physical communication media to the one or more communication paths at the rear attachment point, each jack including a media reading interface configured to interface with a physical layer management (PLM) interface of a connector connected to the front attachment point; a programmable processor coupled to each of the media reading interfaces through a path other than the one or more communication paths for non-service network traffic and configured to access a storage device or other component of the connector connected to the front attachment point through the media reading interface and the PLM interface to obtain PLM information, the programmable processor configured to communicate the PLM information to another device external to the wall plate device over an IP network.