Patent ID: 9633555
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G08C

Claim:
1. A computer implemented method for remote device location identification, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving, at a remote device in a data processing environment, a command to identify the remote device, the command being included in a predetermined communication directed to the remote device, wherein the predetermined communication is to cause another operation distinct from the identification of the remote device, wherein the command is embedded in a first Next page of a link auto-negotiation procedure by setting a set of bits in the first Next page to a first value, wherein setting by the remote device the set of bits in the first Next page to a second value causes the remote device to provide information about a type of identification supported at the remote device, wherein the first Next page is a new page added to a page in the predetermined communication, and wherein the first value and the second value are unused in the link auto-negotiation procedure; determining, at the remote device, whether the command is supported at the remote device; setting, by the remote device, responsive to the determining being affirmative, a bit in a second Next page in the link auto-negotiation procedure to indicate support for the command during the link auto-negotiation procedure; and identifying by the remote device, responsive to the determining being affirmative, the remote device by transmitting an identification of a location associated with the remote device.