Patents by Inventor Steven Craig Bartolutti

Steven 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).

  • Method and device for identifying a specific patch cord connector as it is introduced into, or removed from, a telecommunications patch system
    Patent number: 6222908
    Abstract: A system having a plurality of patch cords, wherein each of the patch cord is terminated with patch cord connectors. Each of the patch cord connectors, in turn, contains a unique identifier that can be used to distinguish one patch cord from among the many patch cords in a telecommunication patch system. Within the telecommunications closet is at least one rack structure. A plurality of connector ports are disposed on the rack structure. Each of said connector ports is adapted to receive a patch cord connector. Each of the connector ports has a sensor that reads the unique identifier of any of the patch cord connectors as a patch cord connector is either inserted into, or removed from, a connector port. As the identifier on each patch cord connector is read, the overall system can automatically keep track of which specific patch cords are being added and removed from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Steven Craig Bartolutti, Golam Mabud Choudhury, Lyndon Dee Ensz, Michael Gregory German, Daniel Warren Macauley, Lawrence Marc Paul