System for mapping connections using RFID function

US7772975B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Corning Cable Systems LLC · US

Inventors

• John David Downie · Corning, US
• Brewster Roe Hemenway, Jr. · Corning, US
• Leo Nederlof · Kapelle-op-den-Bos, BE
• James Scott Sutherland · Riverside, US
• Mark Taylor · Montour Falls, US
• Matthew Scott Whiting · Lawrenceville, US
• Richard E. Wagner · Corning, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06K19/07345
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a system for identifying a plurality of components via an RFID reader with an associated database and processing element. The system includes a first component with an associated first RFID transponder and a second component with an associated second RFID transponder. A third RFID transponder may be associated with the first component, wherein either the first or third RFID transponder includes stored information relating to both transponders. The first and second RFID transponders are adapted to communicate with the RFID reader to enable identification of the connection of the first component to the second component. One of the RFID transponders may be adapted to identify the other RFID transponder and store the identification information for subsequent communication to the RFID reader of identification information for both RFID transponders and the associated components. The system is adapted to create a map of the two or more components, such as components of telecommunications equipment.