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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:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2006
Applicants:
Shantanu Kangude, Dallas, TX (US);
Harshal S Chhaya, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Shantanu Kangude, Dallas, TX (US);
Harshal S Chhaya, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method for selectively identifying nodes implemented enhanced version of a standard by creating a random locally administered MAC address and advertising said random locally administered MAC address as the address that implies a particular amendment of a standard.