System and method for end-to-end beaconing
AssigneeAvago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
InventorRamkumar Vadivelu
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Abstract
An embodiment of a method includes generating a command configured to cause activation of local beaconing at a selected device, and transmitting the command to the selected device. An embodiment of a system includes a processor, a memory including instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions cause the processor to generate a command configured to cause a selected device to activate local beaconing, a port connected to the selected device, and a transmitter operable to transmit the command to the selected device via the port.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- generating a beacon command directing an addressed device to activate a light generating device physically located at and associated with a receipt port receiving the beacon command of the addressed device, the receipt port capable of performing normal network data transfer communications, the light generating device emitting light that is visible to a user;
- and
- transmitting, from a transmitting port capable of performing normal network data transfer communications, the beacon command to the addressed device, wherein
- the beacon command comprises at least a first field including a blink frequency value indicating a frequency at which to blink the light generating device.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a transmitting port coupled to the processor, for coupling to an addressed device and capable of performing normal network data transfer communications;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and including instructions executable by the processor, wherein the instructions cause the processor to
- generate a beacon command directing the addressed device to activate a light generating device physically located at and associated with a receipt port receiving the beacon command of the addressed device, the receipt port capable of performing normal network data transfer communications, the light generating device emitting light that is visible to a user;
- and
- issue the beacon command from the transmitting port to the addressed device, wherein
- the beacon command includes a plurality of fields comprising one or more of:
- a blink frequency indicating a frequency at which to blink a light generating device physically located at and associated with a receipt port receiving the beacon command of the addressed device;
- and a blink duration indicating a time duration for which to keep a light generating device physically located at and associated with a receipt port receiving the beacon command of the addressed device activated.
An electronic device comprising:
- circuitry;
- and
- a transmitting port coupled to the circuitry, for coupling to an addressed device and capable of performing network data transfer communications, wherein
- the circuitry is configured to
- generate a beacon command directing the addressed device to activate a light generating device physically located at and associated with a receipt port receiving the beacon command of the addressed device, wherein the beacon command includes at least a first field including a blink frequency value indicating a frequency at which to blink the light generating device and a second field including a blink duration value indicating a time duration for which to keep the light generating device activated;
- and
- control the transmitting port to transmit the beacon command to the addressed device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.