US 12,261,752 B2
Out-of-band communications for customer premises equipment
John R. B. Woodworth, Amissville, VA (US); and Dean Ballew, Sterling, VA (US)
Assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/327,508.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/365,981, filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0396522 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 43/0817 (2022.01); H04L 41/0654 (2022.01); H04L 41/344 (2022.01); H04L 41/5067 (2022.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/5067 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0654 (2013.01); H04L 41/344 (2022.05); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Internet-access device, comprising:
a primary transceiver; and
a secondary transceiver,
the primary transceiver being configured to connect a local device to an Internet service provider,
the secondary transceiver being configured to send telemetry, regarding a state of the Internet-access device, to the Internet service provider.