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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:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2009
Jeffrey Riddel, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Reekie, Burlington, MA (US);
Lon-leighton Barrett, Worcester, MA (US);
Kenneth Kinnear, Jr., Boxborough, MA (US);
Bernard Volz, Center Harbor, NH (US);
Jeffrey Riddel, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Reekie, Burlington, MA (US);
Lon-Leighton Barrett, Worcester, MA (US);
Kenneth Kinnear, Jr., Boxborough, MA (US);
Bernard Volz, Center Harbor, NH (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises one or more processors; logic coupled to the one or more processors for execution and configured to perform receiving, from a second computer, a request for information about a first address of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device and including a second address of the second computer; determining that an address record of the first address identifies a third address, which is different from the second address, for a termination unit associated with the CPE device; in response to the determining: causing the generating and sending of one or more updates of inter-domain routing protocol information for the CPE device; updating the address record by storing the second address in a location that identifies the termination unit that is associated with the CPE device.