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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2007
James Edward Bostick, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Brian Wayne Hansen, Round Rock, TX (US);
John Paul Kaemmerer, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Raghuraman Kalyanaraman, Austin, TX (US);
James Edward Bostick, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Brian Wayne Hansen, Round Rock, TX (US);
John Paul Kaemmerer, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Raghuraman Kalyanaraman, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, and apparatus for changing a state of a remote switch box. On a master switch box, a request is received from a user to set a state of the remote switch box to a selected state. A request to change the remote switch box to the selected state is transmitted from the master switch box to the remote switch box. The remote switch box connects a remote phone to a phone line. The master switch box receives a confirmation from the remote switch box of the change to the selected state. The confirmation contains the state of the remote switch box. The state of the remote switch box is displayed on the master switch box.