Patent ID: 9160117
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H01R,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications patching system, comprising: a patch panel comprising a plurality of connector ports; a plurality of patch cords configured to selectively interconnect pairs of the connector ports, wherein each patch cord comprises opposite ends and a respective connector secured to each end, wherein each connector is configured to be removably secured within a connector port, and wherein the connectors of a respective patch cord have the same unique identifier associated therewith; a first sensor located at each connector port that detects when a patch cord connector is inserted within, and removed from, a respective connector port, wherein the first sensor comprises an acoustic sensor; a second sensor located at each connector port that reads the identifier of a patch cord connector inserted within a respective connector port; and a controller electrically coupled to the first and second sensors that monitors and logs patch cord interconnections with the connector ports.