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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. 12, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Shirley D. Kupst, Endicott, NY (US);
Mark H. Olson, Endicott, NY (US);
Inventors:
Shirley D. Kupst, Endicott, NY (US);
Mark H. Olson, Endicott, NY (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a network including at least one switch having a plurality of ports, methods of dynamically assigning network protocol addresses to nodes connected to the network based on the location of the node on the network. The method may include designating a portion of the network protocol address to indicate the port at which a node is connected to a switch on the network.