Patent ID: 9742704
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H01R,H04B,H04L

Claim:
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 cable and couple such cable 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 a connector through the media reading interface to obtain PLM information, the programmable processor configured to communicate the PLM information to a host server, wherein the connector is connected to the front attachment point.