US 11,722,386 B2
Smart network interface device
Glenn Garbelman, Tallahassee, FL (US); Kenchen A. Phillips, Calhoun, LA (US); Brian Edward Bond, Fairmont, WV (US); and Nathan Edwards, Carrollton, TX (US)
Assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/569,666.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,596, filed on Feb. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272007 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 41/507 (2022.01); H04L 43/06 (2022.01); H04L 41/0631 (2022.01); H04L 43/0823 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/507 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0631 (2013.01); H04L 43/06 (2013.01); H04L 43/0823 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network interface device, comprising:
a first port for connecting the network interface device to a network access point provided by a network service provider;
a second port for connecting the network interface device to a separate network access device;
a wireless communication system using memory storage and one or more processing units of the network interface device for communicatively coupling the network interface device to a remote computing device to enable one or more of:
access to a subscription service associated with the network service provider; or
access to diagnostic information associated with the network interface device; and
a tone generation system using memory storage and one or more processing units of the network interface device for generating a tone for providing additional diagnostic information associated with the network interface device, the tone being generated in response to instructions received via the wireless communication system.