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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:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Aaron N. Smith, Streamwood, IL (US);
Gregory W. Cox, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Inventors:
Aaron N. Smith, Streamwood, IL (US);
Gregory W. Cox, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
As routers () are added to an existing network (), links serviced by such routers that lack a pre-existing corresponding address prefix may occur. The router () can contact a prefix server () and engage in a process to automatically receive a new address prefix from the prefix server () to use with such links. In one embodiment, the prefix server () can automatically assign such address prefixes to form or maintain an aggregation of routes to facilitate the efficient operation of routers within the network and overall network growth.