Patents by Inventor Jinu Joy Thomas

Jinu Joy Thomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Guided cable management
    Patent number: 10832536
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Venkatesh Sainath, Jinu Joy Thomas, Daniel E. Hurlimann, Thomas Sand, Fernando Pizzano, Victor Garibay, Chetan Mehta
  • GUIDED CABLE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20200184784
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Venkatesh Sainath, Jinu Joy Thomas, Daniel E. Hurlimann, Thomas Sand, Fernando Pizzano, Victor Garibay, Chetan Mehta