Patent ID: 11968272
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A computer program product for pending updates status queries in extended link services, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions stored therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors, the program instructions executable to:
query, by a host application on a host device, an update pending on a target device;
construct, by the host device, a pending update query command for the target device, wherein the pending update query command includes a descriptor tag, a descriptor length, and a pending update vector;
send to the target device, by the host device, the pending update query command; and
receive from the target device, by the host device, a response to the pending update query command, wherein the response includes a link service request information descriptor and a pending update descriptor.