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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:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2005
Charles Steven Lingafelt, Durham, NC (US);
Scott Alex Creeley, St. Louis, MO (US);
Charles Victor Jolla, Charlotte, NC (US);
Mark Alan Techmeier, Cary, NC (US);
Ronald Jerome Walter, Carver, MN (US);
Ashley A. Brock, Morrisville, NC (US);
Charles Steven Lingafelt, Durham, NC (US);
Scott Alex Creeley, St. Louis, MO (US);
Charles Victor Jolla, Charlotte, NC (US);
Mark Alan Techmeier, Cary, NC (US);
Ronald Jerome Walter, Carver, MN (US);
Ashley A. Brock, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method, system, and product for remotely communicating with and identifying owners of objects on an IP network by providing a database identifying owners of objects on an IP network, discovery scanning the IP network for logical objects, sending a message to an unlisted logical object requesting a registration action of the recipient, receiving the registration action indicating an owner of the logical object, and updating the database with the received indication of the owner of the object. The method, system, or product may be embodied in a software application (such as an operating system element), a dedicated processor, or a dedicated processor with dedicated code.