Patent ID: 7028087

Claim:
A documentation system for a network having a source device which is connected to multiple network paths which are connected to destination devices, said documentation system comprising: a data port which includes an electronic module with an identification code on each of two or more of said network paths; each of said destination devices including an electronic module with an address code; said source device having the capability to send query signals along a designated network path addressed to a data port and destination device corresponding to said designated network path; said electronic module corresponding to said data port responding to said query addressed to said data port by transmitting its identification code to said source device; and said electronic module of said destination device responding to said query addressed to said destination device by transmitting its identification code to said source device, wherein said electronic modules are stratified into a plurality of zones, and said identification codes corresponding to each of said electronic modules within a particular zone having a common component distinctive only to said particular zone.