Patent ID: 7376734

Claim:
A documentation system for locating devices within a network having a source device which is connected to at least one network path having a destination device attached thereto, said system comprising: a physical port which includes an physical electronic module with an identification code on said at least one network path; said destination device including an physical electronic module with an identification code; a local power source providing power to said electronic module of said port and to said electronic module of said destination device; said source device having the capability to send a query signal along said at least one network path addressed to said port and said destination device corresponding to said at least one network path; said electronic module corresponding to said port responding to said query addressed to said port using a port transmission containing the identification code corresponding to the port to be transmitted to said source device; and said electronic module of said destination device responding to said query addressed to said destination device using a destination device transmission containing the identification code corresponding to the destination device to be transmitted to said source device.