Patent ID: 7207724
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A network comprising: a plurality of different receptacles for facilitating a connection to different information networks requiring different access authorization, each different receptacle optically or electrically coupled to one and only one different information network, said each different receptacle having an inner surface with a unique first geometry; and a plurality of different plugs for optically or electrically coupling with said different receptacles, each different plug having a unique second geometry, said each unique first geometry corresponds to one, and only one, unique second geometry of a plug such that said plugs and receptacles having corresponding unique first and second geometries are mating pairs; wherein each mating pair is marked with a matching visual identification different from said plugs and receptacles having different first and second geometries, said visual identification being at least one of color, alphanumerical, or symbol; and wherein the network further comprising said different information networks, each different information network is on a different optical or electrical circuit and each different receptacle is optically or electrically connected to one and only one different circuit.