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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Yusun Kim Riley, Marlborough, MA (US);
James Medlock, Harvard, MA (US);
Inventors:
Yusun Kim Riley, Marlborough, MA (US);
James Medlock, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
Camiant, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a policy server connected to a network including a plurality of network termination devices and a plurality of CPEs (customer premises equipment) that are behind the plurality of network termination devices, the method including: polling the plurality of termination devices for data maintained by the termination devices; processing the polled data to generate topology information, the topology information identifying which CPEs are behind which termination devices; and storing the topology information in a topology data structure.