ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,528, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Hanover, Md.).
"Guided cable assist of networking hardware" was invented by Daniel Rivaud (Ottawa), Alex Young (Ottawa), Fabien Colton (Kars, Canada) and Jeffrey Scott Moynihan (Cumming, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods provide a guided cable assist that blinks port LEDs on the faceplate cage of modules as an indication that assists the user in cabling a system optimally from start to finish. The systems and methods include receiving a signal responsive to a first end of a cable being coupled to a first port in a system; providing an indication, wherein the in...