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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. 25, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Applicant:
David E. Frattura, New York, NY (US);
Inventor:
David E. Frattura, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Enterasys Networks, Inc., Andover, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method includes receiving, on a first network device, an announcement message from an endpoint device connected to the first network device via a network connection. The announcement message, which includes at least one connection criteria, is transmitted to one or more downstream network devices.