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US 12,328,538 B2Granted
Remote status indicators for pluggable device
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsDenis A Khotimsky, Gregory K Sherrill, Eugene DeFrancisci, Phillip S Myers, Rajesh Yadav
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Abstract
An example method includes storing status data for a network communication device connected to a host device by a pluggable connector in a memory of the network communication device. A change in the status data is signaled using a signal on the pluggable connector. The status data is sent from the memory of the network communication device to the host device over the pluggable connector. The status data is displayed on a local indicator of the host device.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- storing status data for a network communication device connected to a host device by a pluggable connector in a memory of the network communication device;
- storing a control status field in the memory;
- controlling access to the memory based on the control status field;
- signaling a change in the status data for the network communication device using a signal on the pluggable connector;
- sending the status data for the network communication device stored in the memory of the network communication device to the host device over the pluggable connector;
- and
- displaying the status data for the network communication device on a local indicator of the host device.
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A system, comprising:
- a network communication device, comprising:
- a memory;
- a first processor;
- and
- a first connector;
- and
- a host device, comprising:
- a local indicator;
- a second connector removably pluggable with the first connector;
- and
- a second processor,
- wherein:
- the first processor is configured to store a control status field in the memory, control access to the memory based on the control status field, store status data for the network communication device in the memory, signal a change in the status data for the network communication device to the second processor using a signal on the first connector that is plugged to the second connector;
- and send the status data for the network communication device to the second processor over the first connector that is plugged to the second connector;
- and
- the second processor is configured to display the status data for the network communication device on the local indicator.
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A network communication device, comprising:
- a memory;
- an optical network interface;
- a pluggable connector implementing a host interface;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- store status data for the network communication device in the memory;
- store a control status field in the memory;
- control access to the memory based on the control status field;
- signal a change in the status data for the network communication device using a signal on the pluggable connector;
- and
- send the status data for the network communication device over the pluggable connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.