US 11,720,514 B2
Provisioning connection information for display on cables used to couple devices
Maunish A. Shah, Austin, TX (US); Shree Rathinasamy, Round Rock, TX (US); Joseph LaSalle White, San Jose, CA (US); and Per Henrik Fremrot, Novato, CA (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,847.
Prior Publication US 2023/0214344 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/409 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
the at least one processing device being configured to perform steps of:
generating connectivity information associated with a first device coupled to a first cable connector at a first end of a cable and a second device coupled to a second cable connector at a second end of the cable opposite the first end of the cable;
provisioning, via an integrated sideband interface of the cable, at least a first portion of the generated connectivity information for display on a first cable display proximate the first cable connector at the first end of the cable; and
provisioning, via the integrated sideband interface of the cable, at least a second portion of the generated connectivity information for display on a second cable display proximate the second cable connector at the second end of the cable;
wherein the integrated sideband interface of the cable comprises one or more control lines of the first cable connector connecting the first device to both the first cable display and the second cable display; and
wherein at least a subset of the one or more control lines of the first cable connector control at least portions of both the first cable display and the second cable display.