Patent ID: 6584113
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A data transfer module for communicating information between customer equipment modules and a third party equipment module, comprising:A) third party equipment communication means for communicating information regarding customer's equipment to and from the third party equipment modules; B) customer equipment communication means for communicating information regarding customer's equipment to and from the customer equipment modules; C) memory for storage of the information received from the third party equipment module and/or from the customer equipment modules; and D) a communications controller connected to the third party communication means and the customer equipment communication means, as well as to the memory means, for controlling the transfer of the information to and from the third party equipment module and the memory of the data transfer module and for transfer of the information to and from the customer equipment modules and the memory of the data transfer module; wherein the data transfer module memory is at least partially non-volatile so that the data transfer module can sequentially communicate customer's equipment information between any customer equipment module and the third party equipment module to perform diagnostics from information received from the customer equipment communications means.