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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:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Vinit Jain, Austin, TX (US);
Harvey G. Kiel, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeffrey P. Messing, Austin, TX (US);
Lee A. Sendelbach, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventors:
Vinit Jain, Austin, TX (US);
Harvey G. Kiel, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeffrey P. Messing, Austin, TX (US);
Lee A. Sendelbach, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a first aspect, a first method is provided for creating a media access control (MAC) address for a device. The first method includes the steps of (1) obtaining one or more identifiers; (2) obtaining a first MAC address; and (3) creating at least a second MAC address based on the one or more identifiers and the first MAC address. Numerous other aspects are provided.