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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2011
Michael A. Bockus, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Derek R. Brewer, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Jeffrey O. Manthei, Redwood Falls, MN (US);
Robert D. Wilhelm, Cheyenne, WY (US);
Michael A. Bockus, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Derek R. Brewer, Bowling Green, OH (US);
Jeffrey O. Manthei, Redwood Falls, MN (US);
Robert D. Wilhelm, Cheyenne, WY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Sharing a hosted device in a computer network that includes at least one hosted device and a plurality of hosts, including: registering a hosted device with a router, wherein the hosted device is hosted by a host; assigning, by the router, a network-wide identifier to the hosted device; and mapping, by the router, the network-wide identifier for the hosted device to an identifier for the host.