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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:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Applicant:
Paul Gassoway, Norwood, MA (US);
Inventor:
Paul Gassoway, Norwood, MA (US);
Assignee:
Computer Associates Think, Inc., Islandia, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G08C 15/00 (2006.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04J 3/24 (2006.01); H04J 3/26 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04H 20/71 (2008.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for discovering computers connected to a computer network, including receiving a packet containing address information of a computer connected to the computer network that sent the packet, extracting the address information from the packet, and adding the address information to a database of discovered computers connected to the computer network.