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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Muktevi Srinivas, Bangalore, IN;
Jagannathan Shiva Shankar, Bangalore, IN;
Damodar Patakolusu, Bangalore, IN;
Prashant Hegde, Bangalore, IN;
Muktevi Srinivas, Bangalore, IN;
Jagannathan Shiva Shankar, Bangalore, IN;
Damodar Patakolusu, Bangalore, IN;
Prashant Hegde, Bangalore, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An approach for managing IP telephony devices in a network generally involves associating physical and logical data with an IP telephony device using identification data that identifies the IP telephony device. The physical data specifies one or more attributes of how the IP telephony device is connected to the network, for example, as a switch address, port, or both. The logical data specifies one or more logical attributes of the IP telephony device on the network, for example, an extension number or IP address. Correlating physical and logical data with an IP telephony device using identification data aids in identifying suspect IP telephony devices in a network by identifying IP telephony devices that have physical data, but no logical data and also IP telephony devices that have the same identification data, such as the same media access control layer address.