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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:
Jan. 10, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);

Inventors:

Brian A. Scriber, Lafayette, CO (US);

Darshak Thakore, Broomfield, CO (US);

Kyle Haefner, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Massimiliano Pala, Longmont, CO (US);

Steven J. Goeringer, Westminster, CO (US);

Tao Wan, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/084 (2022.01); H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); H04L 41/0869 (2022.01); H04L 41/0823 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/0823 (2013.01); H04L 41/0846 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 41/0869 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network device for maintaining a communication network is provided. The network device includes a transceiver configured for operable communication with at least one device. The network device also includes a processor including a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions. When executed by the processor the instructions cause the network device to store a plurality of network capabilities associated with a plurality of connectivity categories and a plurality of network settings, receive, from a first device, a connectivity advertisement including at least one connectivity category for the first device, retrieve a subset of the plurality of network capabilities based on the at least one connectivity category, determine one or more network settings for the network device based on the at least one connectivity category for the first device and the subset of network capabilities, and implement the one or more network setting on the network device.


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