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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Moses Matthew Nadler, Chester, NJ (US);
John R. Schommer, Long Valley, NJ (US);
VERZION PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A network device is configured to receive a request, from a user device, for an IP address; assign the IP address to the user device; assign an amount of time that the IP address may be used by the user device; send the IP address to the user device; determine that the amount of time has expired; determine that the user device is idle; assign a new IP address to the user device after the amount of time has expired and when the user device is idle; send the new IP address to the user device; and assign a new amount of time that the new IP address may be used by the user device.