Patent ID: 6243020
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: G06F,G11C,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
For a network switch having n plurality of first type ports and x plurality of second type ports, different from the first type ports, with each first type port having m plurality of conditions and each second type port having y plurality of conditions, a method of driving a display having a plurality of discrete display elements to display a status of j<m conditions of each first type port and a status of k<y conditions of each second type port, the status of each of the m and y plurality of conditions being represented by a single bit, comprising the steps of:storing in a memory of the network switch the status of each of the m and y plurality of conditions of each of the n plurality of first type ports and each of the x plurality of second type ports;storing a display configuration identifying the j conditions of each first type port and the k conditions of each second type port the status of which are to be displayed;retrieving from the memory the status of the j conditions of each first type port and the k conditions of each second type port identified by the stored display configuration; anddriving the individual display elements to respectively display the status of each of the j conditions for each respective first type port and the status of each of the k conditions for each respective second type port.