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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. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2009
Applicants:
Ren Lei Chen, Beijing, CN;
Xiao Jun MA, Beijing, CN;
Guang Hua Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Jun LI, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Ren Lei Chen, Beijing, CN;
Xiao Jun Ma, Beijing, CN;
Guang Hua Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Jun Li, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for sending a message to a network device with a specific MAC address, in an IP network implementing a interne group management protocol IGMP, comprising: sending, by a network terminal, to the network device, a multicast group management status message including a destination address set as the specific MAC address.