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US 2006/0143304 A1Published application
Method of and system for establishing a communication address of a device
OwnerMaarten Bodlaender, Boris Cobelensinventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of establishing a communication address of a device, the method comprising obtaining a main address; using the main address as communication address of the device; obtaining a backup address; and using the backup address as communication address of the device if a collision occurs with the main address. The device is for example an internet-enabled television set 402, a personal digital assistant 404, or a personal computer 406.
Claims9
Method of establishing a communication address of a device, the method comprising:
- obtaining a main address;
- using the main address as communication address of the device;
- monitoring whether a collision occurs when using the main address as communication address;
- resolving the collision by obtaining a new main address for use as communication address of the device characterized in that the method comprises:
- obtaining a backup address;
- and
- resolving the collision comprises using the backup address as communication address of the device if the collision with the main address occurs.
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System for establishing a communication address of a device, the system comprising:
- obtaining means conceived to obtain a main address;
- using means conceived to use the main address as communication address of the device;
- monitoring means conceived to monitor whether a collision occurs when using the main address as communication address;
- resolving means conceived to resolve the collision by obtaining a new main address for use as communication address of the device characterized in that the obtaining means is further conceived to obtain a backup address;
- and the resolving means is further conceived to use the backup address as communication address of the device if the collision with the main address occurs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.