# US 12,184,513 B2 · Cable connection management system and cable connection management method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,184,513 B2 - Document ID: US12184513B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/611,823 - Filed: 2019-05-31 - Published: 2022-08-11 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-31 - Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - Applicants: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - Inventors: Yuichi Okabe; Toshishige Shimamura; Yoshiyuki Doi; Yuzo Ishii - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12184513B2 ## CPC - H04L 41/0853: by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information - H04L 41/342: between virtual entities, e.g. orchestrators, SDN or NFV entities - G06K 7/10366: {the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications} - G06K 7/1413: {1D bar codes} - H04L 41/0806: for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play - H04L 41/0895: Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements - H04L 41/12: Discovery or management of network topologies - H04L 69/40: for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection (management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS ## Abstract A cable connection management system of the present disclosure includes: an network orchestrator configured to obtain port ID information from an network device, the network device including a port to which a connector-attached cable is connected, the port ID information being on a port of the port to which the connector-attached cable is connected; an apparatus configured to obtain connector ID information on the connector-attached cable connected to the network device to transmit the connector ID information to a cable connection management server when the connector-attached cable is connected to the network device; and the cable connection management server configured to associate and store the connector ID information on the connector-attached cable and the port ID information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cable connection management system comprising: a network orchestrator configured to: obtain port ID information from a network device in response to a first inquiry transmitted to the network device and based on the network device having previously received a command to activate a port associated with the port ID information, wherein: the network device includes the port to which a connector-attached cable is connected, and the port ID information being on the port to which the connector-attached cable is connected; and transmit the port ID information to a cable connection management server in response to a second inquiry from the cable connection management server, the second inquiry comprising connector ID information; an apparatus configured to: obtain the connector ID information on the connector-attached cable connected to the network device; and transmit the connector ID information to the cable connection management server when the connector-attached cable is connected to the network device; and the cable connection management server configured to: receive the connector ID information from the apparatus; transmit the second inquiry to the network orchestrator including the connector ID information in response to receiving the connector ID information; receive, in response to the second inquiry, the port ID information from the network orchestrator; and associate and store the connector ID information on the connector-attached cable received from the apparatus and the port ID information received from the network orchestrator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cable connection management system according to claim 1, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a tag in which the connector ID information is described; and the apparatus is configured to transmit the connector ID information to the cable connection management server. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cable connection management system according to claim 1, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a barcode or an IC chip in which the connector ID information is recorded; the apparatus is a barcode reader or an IC reader that reads the connector ID information from the barcode or the IC chip; and the apparatus is configured to transmit the connector ID information read from the barcode or the IC chip to the cable connection management server. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cable connection management system according to claim 1, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a wireless tag in which the connector ID information is recorded; the apparatus is a wireless tag reader that receives the connector ID information transmitted by the wireless tag; and the apparatus is configured to transmit the connector ID information transmitted by the wireless tag to the cable connection management server. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cable connection management system according to claim 4, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a switch that switches the wireless tag from an off state to an on state; and the wireless tag is configured to start transmitting the connector ID information in response to operation of the switch. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The cable connection management system according to claim 5, wherein the switch is configured to be operated in response to displacement of a notch of the connector-attached cable when connected to the network device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The cable connection management system according to claim 4, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a power generation circuit that generates power using a magnetic field generated by current flowing when the connector-attached cable is connected to the network device; and the wireless tag is configured to transmit the connector ID information using the power generated by the power generation circuit. ### Claim 8 A cable connection management method in a cable connection management system including: a network orchestrator configured to: manage a port of a network device to which a connector-attached cable is connected; an apparatus configured to: obtain a connector ID information on the connector-attached cable; and a cable connection management server configured to: manage the connector ID information and port ID information on the port, the cable connection management method comprising: obtaining, by the apparatus, the connector ID information on the connector-attached cable when the connector-attached cable is connected to the network device; sending, by the apparatus, the connector ID information to the cable connection management server when the connector-attached cable is connected to the network device; obtaining, by the network orchestrator, the port ID information on the port from the network device in response to a first inquiry transmitted to the network device and based on the network device having previously received a command to activate the port associated with the port ID information; receiving, by the cable connection management server, the connector ID information from the apparatus; transmitting, by the cable connection management server, a second inquiry to the network orchestrator including the connector ID information in response to receiving the connector ID information; obtaining, by the cable connection management server, the port ID information from the network orchestrator in response to the second inquiry; and associating and storing, by the cable connection management server, the connector ID information and the port ID information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The cable connection management method according to claim 8, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a tag in which the connector ID information is described; and the apparatus is configured to transmit the connector ID information to the cable connection management server. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The cable connection management method according to claim 8, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a barcode or an IC chip in which the connector ID information is recorded; the apparatus is a barcode reader or an IC reader that reads the connector ID information from the barcode or the IC chip; and the apparatus is configured to transmit the connector ID information read from the barcode or the IC chip to the cable connection management server. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The cable connection management method according to claim 8, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a wireless tag in which the connector ID information is recorded; the apparatus is a wireless tag reader that receives the connector ID information transmitted by the wireless tag; and the apparatus is configured to transmit the connector ID information transmitted by the wireless tag to the cable connection management server. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cable connection management method according to claim 11, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a switch that switches the wireless tag from an off state to an on state; and the wireless tag is configured to start transmitting the connector ID information in response to operation of the switch. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The cable connection management method according to claim 12, wherein the switch is configured to be operated in response to displacement of a notch of the connector-attached cable when connected to the network device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The cable connection management method according to claim 11, wherein: the connector-attached cable includes a power generation circuit that generates power using a magnetic field generated by current flowing when the connector-attached cable is connected to the network device; and the wireless tag is configured to transmit the connector ID information using the power generated by the power generation circuit.