ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,915, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).
"Configurable media interface module" was invented by Jianxin J. Li (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a method includes transmitting power to a media interface module via a base and receiving device information associated with any number of devices. The devices are connected to any number of communication ports of the media interface module. The method also includes configuring any number of network connections between the media interface module and the host device based on the device information. The meth...