US 12,341,649 B2
Alternatives to router status lights
Caroline Condon, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH NETWORK L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/736,940.
Prior Publication US 2023/0362052 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0677 (2022.01); G08B 5/38 (2006.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01); H04L 43/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0677 (2013.01) [G08B 5/38 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 43/50 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of obtaining status information, the method comprising:
transmitting, by a router device, first status information to a network device;
determining, by the router device, that the router device is not connected to the network device;
causing, by the router device, a light emitting device to output light in an illumination pattern in response to the determining that the router device is not connected to the network device;
generating, by a user device that is separate from the network device, image data corresponding to a plurality of images of the light emitting device while the light emitting device outputs light in the illumination pattern;
obtaining, by the user device, second status information based on the image data corresponding to the plurality of images of the light emitting device while the light emitting device outputs light in the illumination pattern; and
transmitting, by the user device, the second status information to the network device.