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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Kenneth R. Jones, Cool, CA (US);
Brian A. Gonsalves, Antioch, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth R. Jones, Cool, CA (US);
Brian A. Gonsalves, Antioch, CA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for use in identifying customer premises equipment (CPE) in a distributed network are presented. The method includes receiving a first point-to-point-over Ethernet active discovery packet generating a device identifier code that identifies a product model of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device, and sending a second point-to-point over Ethernet (PPPoE) active discovery packet. The second PPPoE active discovery packet includes a tag that includes the device identifier code.