Method and system for remote identification of a network node

• US 8,693,368 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2009
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Zelenov, Serge
• Primary Examiner(s): WILSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US12/507,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20110019583A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,721 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/14 using user query or user detection

Abstract

A method for remote identification of a network node of a network is described herein. The network includes a plurality of network nodes and each network node of the plurality of network nodes corresponds to an identifier. An activation signal is received by the network node. In response to receiving the activation signal, a message including information identifying the network node is sent. The identifier corresponding to the network node is determined by a remote node of the network based on the message.

Claims

1. A method for remote identification of a network node of a network, the network including a plurality of network nodes, the method comprising:

receiving, from a tagging device, an activation signal by the network node, wherein each network node of the plurality of network nodes corresponds to a unique identifier; and

in response to receiving the activation signal, sending a message including information identifying the network node, wherein the unique identifier corresponding to the network node is initially determined by the tagging device and a remote node of the network based on the message, wherein the network node is organized into a group by the remote node, and wherein a binary pattern of the activation signal maps to the group.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the activation signal was generated as a result of operation of a laser device in a continuous wave mode.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the activation signal was generated as a result of operation of a laser device in a pulsed mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information identifying the network node includes one of the unique identifier corresponding to the network node and data which distinguishes the network node.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more predefined procedures mapped to the binary pattern;

performing the one or more predefined procedures at the network node.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the network node is a wireless access point.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more actions are performed at the remote node upon receiving the message, and wherein the binary pattern of the activation signal maps to the one or more actions.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the message further includes at least one of a reference to the binary pattern of the activation signal, technical support information, an event log, process utilization statistics, and reboot information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is broadcast by the network node.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is sent to a display system of the network device, and wherein the information identifying the network node is displayed by the network device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the activation signal is sent by the remote node.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique identifier is inferred from a source address of the message.

13. A device for use in a network, the network including a plurality of network nodes, the device comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory;

a sensor coupled to the processor, wherein the sensor is configured to receive an activation signal from a tagging device; and

an asynchronous interrupt message detector coupled to the sensor, wherein the asynchronous interrupt message detector is configured to generate, by the processor, a message including information identifying the device upon receiving the activation signal, wherein a unique identifier corresponding to the device is initially determined by the tagging device and a remote node of the network based on the message, wherein the device is organized into a group by the remote node, and wherein a binary pattern of the activation signal maps to the group.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the activation signal was generated as a result of operation of a laser device in a pulsed mode.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the information identifying the device includes one of the unique identifier corresponding to the device and data which distinguishes the network node.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein the asynchronous interrupt message detector is further configured to:

determine one or more predefined procedures mapped to the binary pattern.

17. The device of claim 13, wherein one or more actions are performed at the remote node upon receiving the message, and wherein the binary pattern of the activation signal maps to the one or more actions.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions to identify a network node of a network, the network including a plurality of network nodes, the plurality of instructions when executed cause a computer system to:

receive an activation signal by the network node, wherein each network node of the plurality of network nodes corresponds to a unique identifier; and

send a message including information identifying the network node in response to receiving the activation signal, wherein the unique identifier corresponding to the network node is initially determined by a remote node of the network based on the message, wherein the network node is organized into a group by the remote node, and wherein a binary pattern of the activation signal maps to the group.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the plurality of instructions when executed further cause the computer system to:

determine one or more predefined procedures mapped to the binary pattern; and

perform the one or more predefined procedures at the network node.