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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. 28, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Alvaro E. Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Russ White, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Inventors:
Alvaro E. Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Russ White, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a border node receives a message that includes routing information indicating connection of a network device to a domain. The border node then updates a routing database with the routing information, and also uses a network address for the network device to determine whether to propagate the routing information.