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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2023
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Shree Rathinasamy, Round Rock, TX (US);

Yayun Liu, Austin, TX (US);

Jun Gu, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/114 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04B 10/29 (2013.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01); H04B 10/572 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/5165 (2013.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01); H04B 10/1143 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04B 10/29 (2013.01); H04B 10/572 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus comprises at least one processing device configured to receive, at a first hardware component of an information technology asset, sideband management data for the information technology asset. The at least one processing device is also configured to utilize a first light-based communication module of the first hardware component to convert the received sideband management data into one or more visible light communication signals. The at least one processing device is further configured to transmit the received sideband management data by providing the one or more visible light communication signals from the first light-based communication module of the first hardware component of the information technology asset to a second light-based communication module of a second hardware component of the information technology asset.


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