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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventor:

John Whiting, Webster, NY (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 16/903 (2019.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/18 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 16/90335 (2019.01); H04L 61/2076 (2013.01); H04N 1/00928 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1231 (2013.01); G06F 3/1243 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for determining the location of an electronic device, can involve detecting a change in a unique identifier associated with an electronic device connected to a subnetwork, registering a notification on the electronic device, in response to detecting the change in the unique identifier, and receiving data regarding the electronic device including a physical location of the electronic device, after the notification has been registered on the electronic device and in response to a query generated after a subsequent boot up of the electronic device. The subnetwork can include a portion of a network that shares a common address component, and the unique identifier can include a MAC (Media Access Control) address that uniquely identifies the electronic device on the network.


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