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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2005
Matthew S. Reeves, Round Rock, TX (US);
Darda Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Roland G. Horstman, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew S. Reeves, Round Rock, TX (US);
Darda Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Roland G. Horstman, Austin, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An implementation of an apparatus in one example may have: a network component, coupled with a communication network, having a plurality of network ports and a plurality of visual indicators that correspond respectively to the plurality of network ports; and a message received over the communication network by the network component, wherein the network component triggers a respective visual indicator, of the plurality of visual indicators, that corresponds to a selected port, of the plurality of network ports, based on the message received over the communication network.