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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hasan S. Alkhatib, Saratoga, CA (US);
Bruce C. Wootton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
IP Dynamics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/24 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides for a system for automatically determining a network address. A new node starting on the network will solicit addresses from other nodes on the subnet. The addresses received are stored in a database. The address stored in the database will be reviewed in order to determine a subnet mask. The new node will choose a host number, based on the subnet mask, that is unique among the addresses in the database: The chosen unique host number is combined with the subnet number to form the new node's network address. One example of a network address is an IP version 4 address.