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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Guillaume Bichot, La Chapelle Chaussee, FR;
Nicolas Burdin, Rennes, FR;
Guillaume Bichot, La Chapelle Chaussee, FR;
Nicolas Burdin, Rennes, FR;
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns a device in a communication network, the device comprising a component for obtaining a permanent identifier of the devices connected to the network and a component for establishing an association table between the permanent identifier of a device and a temporary identifier of the device in the network. The component for establishing the association table is adapted to read the permanent identifier of a device, the reading sequence of the permanent identifiers on the devices being based on a parameter pertaining to the device performing the reading. The invention also concerns a corresponding method.