Claims
- 1. A method of identifying a connection between a first data entity and a second data entity, said method comprising:
connecting said first data entity with said second data entity; creating a pseudo-unique identification code for said connection; and storing said pseudo-unique identification information.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said pseudo-unique identification information comprises a string that is pseudo-randomly generated.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein said storing step occurs on both said first data entity and said second data entity.
- 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
storing diagnostic data such that said diagnostic data is associated with said pseudo-unique identification information.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said first data entity comprises a first modem and said second data entity comprises a second modem.
- 6. A method of communicating between a first modem and a second modem comprising:
opening a primary data channel between said first modem and said second modem; and transmitting diagnostic/maintenance data on a secondary logic channel.
- 7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:
determining the capabilities of said first modem and said second modem before said transmitting step; and optimizing said secondary logic channel based on said determining step.
- 8. The method of claim 6 wherein said transmitting step comprises placing a value of 0×10 in the UI_TYPE field of an Unnumbered Information frame and placing said diagnostic/maintenance data in the UI_INFO field of the Unnumbered Information frame.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the UI_INFO field comprises information in one or more of the following categories: FINAL_FRAME; SEQ_NUM; FRAME_TYPE; DIAG_CODE; and DIAG_INFO.
- 10. The method of claim 6 further comprising:
sending a request from said first modem to said second modem via said secondary logic channel; and transmitting data in response to said request from said second modem to said first modem via said secondary logic channel.
- 11. A method of using a secondary communications channel between a first modem and a second modem comprising:
sending diagnostic information on said secondary communications channel.
- 12. The method of claim 11 wherein said diagnostic information includes at least one piece of information concerning one or more devices connected to said secondary communications channel.
- 13. The method of claim 11 wherein said diagnostic information is categorized into a category selected from group consisting of Monitor, Control, Configuration, and Unsolicited.
- 14. The method of claim 11 wherein said diagnostic information includes pseudo-unique identification information regarding a particular connection.
- 15. A method of using a secondary communications channel between a first modem and a second modem comprising:
indicating that diagnostic information will be in a certain format; and sending said diagnostic/maintenance information on said secondary communications channel; wherein, said diagnostic/maintenance information contains information in a plurality of different areas.
- 16. The method of claim 16 wherein said diagnostic/maintenance information further comprises pseudo-unique identification information.
- 17. The method of claim 16 wherein said diagnostic/maintenance information further comprises information regarding the quality of the connection between said first modem and said second modem.
- 18. The method of claim 16 said diagnostic information is interlaced with indications of the area of said information.
- 19. A method of using call identification information comprising:
establishing a connection between a first modem and a second modem; sending call identification information for a previous connection from said first modem to said second modem; and matching said call identification information with information stored by said second modem.
- 20. The method of claim 19 wherein said sending step is performed through the use of a secondary data channel.
- 21. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
comparing said call identification with information regarding a different connection.
- 22. The method of claim 19 wherein said different connection comprises a current connection between said first modem and said second modem.
- 23. The method of claim 19 wherein said call identification information comprises
pseudo-unique call identification information; and diagnostic data associated with the connection between said first modem and said second modem.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. utility patent application Ser. No. 09/662,405, filed Sep. 14, 2000, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/153,897, filed Sep. 14, 1999.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60153897 |
Sep 1999 |
US |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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09662405 |
Sep 2000 |
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09824448 |
Apr 2001 |
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