Patents by Inventor Stephen Craig Bartolutti

Stephen Craig Bartolutti 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).

  • System and method of operation for a telecommunications patch system
    Patent number: 6522737
    Abstract: A system and method for ascertaining the status of a telecommunications patching system and communicating that status to a remote location. Each of the patch panels in a telecommunications closet contains connector ports that receive the ends of patch cords. Tracing interface modules mount to the patch panels and provide a sensor for the connector ports. The sensor detects whenever a patch cord is connected to, or removed from, a connector port. A computer controller is connected to the various sensors in each rack to monitor changes to the patch cord interconnections. The computer controllers can be joined together in a network to monitor the status of the connector ports. The data on the network contains the full status of the telecommunications closet. The network can be accessed via a telecommunications network via a modem from a remote computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen Craig Bartolutti, Golam Mabud Choudhury, Michael Gregory German, Daniel Warren Macauley, Lawrence Marc Paul
  • Method and device for detecting the presence of a patch cord connector in a telecommunications patch system using passive detection sensors
    Patent number: 6424710
    Abstract: A patch cord tracing system for tracing patch cords in a telecommunications patching system. The system includes a plurality of tracing interface modules that attach to the patch panels in a telecommunications closet. On the patch panels in a telecommunications closet are located a plurality of connector ports that receive the terminated ends of patch cords. The tracing interface modules mount to the patch panels and provide a passive sensor that can detect when a patch cord connector has been added to, or removed from, a connector port within the telecommunications closet. Accordingly, by connecting a computer controller to the various passive sensors, the computer can monitor and log all changes to the patch cord interconnections in an automated fashion. In alternate embodiments, the passive sensors can be built into the structure of the patch port assemblies that contain the various connector ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen Craig Bartolutti, Golam Mabud Choudhury, Lyndon D. Ensz, Michael Gregory German, Daniel Warren Macauley, Lawrence Marc Paul
  • Method and device for detecting the presence of a patch cord connector in a telecommunications patch system
    Patent number: 6350148
    Abstract: A system having a plurality of tracing interface modules that attach to the patch panels of a telecommunications patching system in a telecommunications closet. On the patch panels in a telecommunications closet are located a plurality of connector ports that receive the terminated ends of patch cords. The tracing interface modules mount to the patch panels and provide a mechanical sensor that can detect when a patch cord connector has been added to, or removed from, a connector port within the telecommunications closet. Accordingly, by connecting a computer controller to the various mechanical sensors, the computer can monitor and log all changes to the patch cord interconnections in an automated fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen Craig Bartolutti, Golam Mabud Choudhury, Michael Gregory German, Daniel Warren Macauley