Matthew S Whiting

7547150, Jun 16, 2009

Mar 9, 2007

11/716414

John D. Downie - Painted Post NY, US
Matthew S. Whiting - Lawrenceville PA, US
James S. Sutherland - Corning NY, US
Richard E. Wagner - Painted Post NY, US
Leo Nederiof - Antwerp, BE

Corning Cable Systems, LLC - Hickory NC

G02B 6/36
G08B 13/14
H04Q 5/22

385 92, 340 101, 3405727, 3405728

There are provided connectors, cables, cable assemblies, network components, and systems wherein optically addressed RFID functionality is incorporated. Also provided are optically addressed RFID elements in general. The RFID elements utilize an optical tap to direct a portion of the optical signal traveling through an optical fiber to a transducer. The transducer creates an electrical signal which may be used to write information to an integrated circuit of, transmit an RF signal to, and/or provide power to the RFID element.

7667574, Feb 23, 2010

Dec 14, 2006

11/638894

John D. Downie - Painted Post NY, US
Richard E. Wagner - Painted Post NY, US
James S. Sutherland - Corning NY, US
Matthew S. Whiting - Lawrenceville PA, US
Leo Nederlof - Antwerpen, BE

Corning Cable Systems, LLC - Hickory NC

H04Q 5/22

340 101, 375316

Systems and methods for reading a RFID-tag signal in the presence of noise and other propagation and circuit impairments using a RFID-tag reader are disclosed. The method includes receiving with a RFID-tag reader multiple copies of an original RFID-tag signal from a RFID tag. The original RFID-tag signal comprises an original bit sequence representative of information stored in the RFID tag. At least some of the received RFID-tag signal copies differ from one another due to noise or other signal impairments. The received multiple copies are processed on a sample-by-sample basis in the RFID-tag reader using digital signal processing techniques to obtain an improved received digitized RFID tag signal that substantially removes the noise and other impairments. This improved signal is used to recover the original bit sequence and thus the information stored in the RFID tag.

7760094, Jul 20, 2010

Dec 14, 2006

11/638812

David R. Kozischek - Hickory NC, US
John D. Downie - Painted Post NY, US
James S. Sutherland - Corning NY, US
Richard E. Wagner - Painted Post NY, US
Mark P. Taylor - Montour Falls NY, US
Matthew S. Whiting - Lawrenceville PA, US
Leo Nederlof - Antwerp, BE

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

G08B 13/14

3405721, 3405724, 340 1051, 385100

An optical-fiber-network (OFN) radio-frequency identification (RFID) system for deploying and/or maintaining an OFN. The system includes a plurality of OFN components, and at least one RFID tag that includes RFID tag data that has at least one property of the OFN component associated with the RFID tag. The RFID tag data is written to and read from the RFID tags prior, during or after deploying the OFN components. An OFN-component-data database unit is used to store and process the RFID tag data. This allows for different maps of the OFN to be made, such as an inventory map and a maintenance map. The OFN-RFID system allows for automated operations and management of OFN components by service personnel, and provides for faster and more accurate OFN system deployment and maintenance.

7772975, Aug 10, 2010

Oct 31, 2006

11/590513

John D. Downie - Painted Post NY, US
Brewster R. Hemenway - Painted Post NY, US
Leo Nederlof - Antwerp, BE
James S. Sutherland - Corning NY, US
Mark P. Taylor - Montour Falls NY, US
Matthew S. Whiting - Lawrenceville PA, US
Richard E. Wagner - Painted Post NY, US

Corning Cable Systems, LLC - Hickory NC

G08B 13/14

3405721, 340 101

There is provided a system for identifying a plurality of components via an RFID reader with an associated database and processing element. The system includes a first component with an associated first RFID transponder and a second component with an associated second RFID transponder. A third RFID transponder may be associated with the first component, wherein either the first or third RFID transponder includes stored information relating to both transponders. The first and second RFID transponders are adapted to communicate with the RFID reader to enable identification of the connection of the first component to the second component. One of the RFID transponders may be adapted to identify the other RFID transponder and store the identification information for subsequent communication to the RFID reader of identification information for both RFID transponders and the associated components. The system is adapted to create a map of the two or more components, such as components of telecommunications equipment.

7782202, Aug 24, 2010

Oct 31, 2006

11/590505

John D. Downie - Painted Post NY, US
Brewster R. Hemenway - Painted Post NY, US
James S. Sutherland - Corning NY, US
Mark P. Taylor - Montour Falls NY, US
Matthew S. Whiting - Lawrenceville PA, US
Richard E. Wagner - Painted Post NY, US

Corning Cable Systems, LLC - Hickory NC

G08B 13/14

3405721, 340 101

There is provided a system for identifying a connection of two or more components in which one or more RFID transponders are associated with the two or more components. A plug is associated with the first component, such as a fiber optic connector, and a socket is associated with the second component, such as a fiber optic adapter. An RFID transponder is associated with each component and at least one of the RFID transponders is activatable when the plug is received by the socket to enable the activated RFID transponder to communicate with the RFID reader. The antennas and integrated circuit chips that define the RFID transponders are positioned relative to the plug and socket to enable the one or more RFID transponders to activate when the plug is received by the socket. In addition, the RFID transponders may communicate with one another to identify other RFID transponders in order to communicate identities of two or more RFID transponders.

7855697, Dec 21, 2010

Aug 13, 2007

11/891830

Aravind Chamarti - Painted Post NY, US
John David Downie - Painted Post NY, US
Bradley Richard Thurow - Fargo ND, US
James Scott Sutherland - Corning NY, US
Richard Edward Wagner - Painted Post NY, US
Matthew Scott Whiting - Lawrenceville PA, US

Corning Cable Systems, LLC - Hickory NC

H01Q 1/38
H01Q 13/10
H01Q 1/36

343895, 343700 MS, 343767, 343770

Antenna systems for passive radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags. The antenna systems have a very small form factor with good power harvesting and good performance in proximity to other antennas. The antenna system includes at least one, and preferably two, parallel serpentine antenna elements formed on, or otherwise supported by, an antenna substrate so that a RFID-tag integrated circuit (IC) can be electrically contacted to the antenna system at one end of the antenna substrate. A conducting wire that runs in the same direction as the at least one serpentine antenna element is used to match impedance and enhance antenna performance and power flow between the antenna and the IC. An impedance-matching circuit may be employed in place of the conducting wire to facilitate impedance matching between the antenna and the IC.

7965186, Jun 21, 2011

Mar 9, 2007

11/716454

John D. Downie - Painted Post NY, US
Mark P. Taylor - Montour Falls NY, US
James S. Sutherland - Corning NY, US
Richard E. Wagner - Painted Post NY, US
Matthew S. Whiting - Lawrenceville PA, US
Leo Nederlof - Antwerp, BE

Corning Cable Systems, LLC - Hickory NC

G08B 13/14

3405721, 340 101, 34081545, 235375

There are provided components, connectors, receptacles, cables, and systems wherein passive RFID functionality is incorporated. Also provided are passive RFID elements in general. The passive RFID elements power visual indicators based on receipt of external RF signals. Passive energy storage devices may be employed to provide electrical energy to the visual indicators. The passive energy storage devices may be charged by the external RF signals. The visual indicators may operate continuously or according to a predetermined flashing pattern.

8138925, Mar 20, 2012

Jan 15, 2009

12/354335

John David Downie - Painted Post NY, US
James Scott Sutherland - Corning NY, US
Richard Edward Wagner - Painted Post NY, US
Matthew Scott Whiting - Lawrenceville PA, US
Dale Alan Webb - Corning NY, US
Keith Allen Hoover - Corning NY, US
Aravind Chamarti - Painted Post NY, US

Corning Cable Systems, LLC - Hickory NC

G08B 13/14

3405728, 340 101, 340 1041, 3405391

A radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based configuration detection system for automatically detecting, directing, and/or configuring the physical configuration of a complex system constituted by a set of one or more types of mateable components. The RFID configuration detection system utilizes a set of mateable RFID tags arranged so that each mateable component includes at least one mateable RFID tag. Each RFID tag includes information about its associated component and is arranged so that when the components are mated, their associated RFID tags also are mated. The system uses at least one RFID reader to read RFID tag signals from the RFID tags. The RFID tag signals provide information about mating status of the component, as well as information about components themselves. An information processing system operably connected to the RFID reader receives and process information concerning the number and type of mated connections and thus the configuration. Changes to the configuration, such as mated connections being unmated, can be tracked to provide real-time configuration information.