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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2004
Ranjan Prasad, Fremont, CA (US);
Joshua Littlefield, Wellesley, MA (US);
Thomas Parker, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
David Bainbridge, Acton, MA (US);
Ranjan Prasad, Fremont, CA (US);
Joshua Littlefield, Wellesley, MA (US);
Thomas Parker, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
David Bainbridge, Acton, MA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for tracking an identity of a user associated with a network lease is disclosed. The IP lease is correlated to user information by storing a user ID with lease information in a manner in which the user information is associated with the lease information. In an embodiment, the user ID is a Global User ID (GUID). In an embodiment the user ID is unique to a specified domain. In an embodiment, the user ID is given to only one user and never changes.