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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:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2000
Applicants:
Gilbert Ho Yin Tsang, San Jose, CA (US);
Takahiro Fujimori, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gilbert Ho Yin Tsang, San Jose, CA (US);
Takahiro Fujimori, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Chen, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A Set-Top Box configured with a modem and a Main Circuit Board determines an IP address of the modem by periodically broadcasting a Discovery Packet from the modem to a broadcast address, the Discovery Packet comprising at least the IP address of the modem. At the Main Circuit Board, the broadcast Discovery Packet is received from the modem and the IP address of the modem is ascertained from the broadcast Discovery Packet.