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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, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Ali Cherchali, Jackson, NJ (US);
Marius J. Gudelis, Jr., Holmdel, NJ (US);
William G. Lester, Cranford, NJ (US);
Robert J. Mclaughlin, Allentown, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Ali Cherchali, Jackson, NJ (US);
Marius J. Gudelis, Jr., Holmdel, NJ (US);
William G. Lester, Cranford, NJ (US);
Robert J. McLaughlin, Allentown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an arrangement where the device that is known to an ISP is communicating with the ISP through an interposed device that is not known to the ISP, the interposed device captures the known device's MAC address upon startup and clones the captured MAC address in all standard packets that it sends to the ISP.