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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:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Claude Robitaille, St-Placide, CA;
Pierre Bouffard, Ste-Marthe-sur-Lac, CA;
Inventors:
Claude Robitaille, St-Placide, CA;
Pierre Bouffard, Ste-Marthe-sur-Lac, CA;
Assignee:
Accedian Networks Inc., Saint-Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of discovering a device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes includes transmitting, by a discoverer, at least one beacon signal including an IP address to the network. The device to be discovered receives the at least one beacon signal. The device to be discovered configures the IP address located in the at least one beacon signal. Additionally, the device to be discovered transmits an advertisement to a server specified by the discoverer.