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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:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2002
Applicants:
David Schenkel, Ottawa, CA;
Michael Slavitch, Ottawa, CA;
Nicholas Dawes, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Peregrine Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/173 ; H04L012/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of determining a connection between a data emitting device j having address IP(j) and a data receiving device i having address IP(i) via a routing device, wherein the routing device utilizes a management information database MIB, establishing a mask field in the MIB for all devices in a subnet which passes data through the routing device having a property(() AND MASK)=(() AND MASK),and indicating connection of a device i to a device j for devices in which the property is true.