# US 2017/0288977 A1 · Method for managing data in a communication network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0288977 A1 - Document ID: US20170288977A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/622,559 - Filed: 2017-06-14 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2010-02-17 - Assignees: Unify GmbH & Co. KG - Applicants: Unify GmbH & Co. KG - Inventors: Bruno Bozionek; Karl Klaghofer; Holger Prange; Michael Tietsch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170288977A1 ## CPC - H04L 41/12: Discovery or management of network topologies - H04M 3/42348: {Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target} - Y02D 30/00: Reducing energy consumption in communication networks - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A method for managing data in a communication network (10) includes a connection (20), in particular a switch, and at least one local communication terminal connected to the connection device (20). The connection device (20) is connected to or equipped with a second management information base (MIB), in which information related to the location of the communication terminal is written and is made available for use in a location-dependent service during a data management process, the location-dependent service being designed according to a discovery protocol. The data management process involves feeding the location-related information to the communication network (20) using a location information source (3) and transmitting the fed location-related information from the location information source (3) to the connection device. Across at least one section of the transmission path, the fed location-related information is transmitted according to the discovery protocol. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-4. (Canceled) ### Claim 5 A method for managing data in a communication network to be installed in a building, the communication network comprising a connection device, at least one non-central communication terminal being connected to the connection device, the connection device being connected to or provided with a management information base unit configured for use in providing a location-dependent service, the location-dependent service being configured according to a discovery protocol, the method comprising: during installation of the communication terminal within a building, testing at least one of a function of a connection for a communication link to be assigned to the communication terminal and a service quality of the connection for the communication link to be assigned to the communication terminal by a measurement device, the measurement device also receiving location information to be associated with the communication terminal during the testing performed by the measurement device, the location information identifying a physical location at which the communication terminal is to be located within the building; feeding the location information to be assigned to the communication terminal into the communication network by the measurement device during the installation; transmitting the location information fed into the communication network by the measurement device to the connection device over at least one partial segment of a transmission path according to the discovery protocol; and entering or storing the location information fed into the communication network by the measurement device into the management information base unit for storage such that the location information is accessible for use such that the location-dependent service is utilizable by the communication terminal after the testing is performed and after the communication terminal is installed in the building and communicatively coupled to the connection for the communication link. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the discovery protocol is based on standard IEEE 802. 1 AB. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the location-dependent service is configured according to the LLDP-MED protocol. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the location-dependent service is configured according to a derivative of the LLPD-MED protocol. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the connection device is a switch. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the testing performed by the measurement device comprises entering into the measurement device location information for a room in the building where the communication terminal is located when a measurement is made. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the location information is in a format identifying a number associated with the building, a number of a floor of the building on which the room is located, and a room number of the room. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the communication terminal is a telephone or an IP telephone and the connection device is a switch. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the location-dependent service is an emergency call service. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the communication link comprises a connector jack to which the communication terminal is connected. ### Claim 15 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the location information fed into the communication network by the measurement device is entered or stored into the management information base unit pursuant to LLDP-MED protocol or a derivative of the LLPD-MED protocol. ### Claim 16 A communication system comprising: a communication network comprising: a connection device having a management information base configured to support a location-dependent service, and at least one communication terminal communicatively connected to the connection device; and a measurement device communicatively connectable to the communication network, the measurement device configured to test at least one of (i) a function of a connection for a communication link assigned to the communication terminal and (ii) a service quality of the connection for the communication link assigned to the communication terminal during installation of the communication terminal within a building, the measurement device configured to receive location information of the communication terminal during testing to be performed by the measurement device, the location information identifying a physical location of the communication terminal within a building, the measurement device configured to feed the location information of the communication terminal into the communication network such that the location information is transmittable through the communication network to the connection device over at least one partial segment of a transmission path according to a discovery protocol, and wherein the location information from the measurement device is configured for entrance into management information base or storage in the management information base such that the location information is accessible for utilization when the location-dependent service is utilized by the communication terminal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the location information is in a format identifying a number associated with the building, a room number of a room of the building in which the communication terminal is located, and a number of a floor of the building on which the room is located. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the communication terminal is a telephone or an IP telephone and the connection device is a switch. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the location-dependent service is an emergency call service. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the communication link is comprised of a connector jack to which the communication terminal is connected.