Guided cable management

US10832536B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Venkatesh Sainath · Bengaluru, IN
• Jinu J. Thomas · Bengaluru, IN
• Daniel E. Hurlimann · Prangins, CH
• Thomas R. Sand · Rochester, US
• Fernando Pizzano · Poughkeepsie, US
• Victor A. Garibay · Leander, US
• Chetan Mehta · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 7, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q1/141
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, program products, and systems are presented for guided cable management. An apparatus includes a cable module that detects a first end of a cable installed at a port of a first node, a first port module that determines whether the cable that is installed at the port is an expected cable for the port based on a cable mapping table, and a first indicator module that triggers a visual indicator at the port to visually confirm that the cable is the expected cable for the port. The apparatus includes a second port module that determines a port of a second node where a second end of the cable is expected to be installed and a second indicator module that triggers a visual indicator at the port to visually indicate that the second end of the cable is expected to be installed in the port.