US 12,328,538 B2
Remote status indicators for pluggable device
Denis A Khotimsky, Westborough, MA (US); Gregory K Sherrill, Herndon, VA (US); Eugene DeFrancisci, Seaford, NY (US); Phillip S Myers, Flower Mound, TX (US); and Rajesh Yadav, Ashland, MA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,034.
Prior Publication US 2024/0334094 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01)
CPC H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01) [H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0083 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/13175 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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.