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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:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xuechen Yang, Austin, TX (US);
Rudy Klecka, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); H04L 61/3025 (2013.01); H04L 61/609 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system and method are disclosed for sending a discovery message, via a network, from a first network device. The sending is performed in response to the first network device being associated with a first machine. The method involves receiving an offer message via the network, where the offer message includes network name information that indicates a physical location of the device within a topology of the network. The method also involves using the network name information to communicate with a second network device via the network.