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US 7,606,870 B2Granted
Method for displaying vendor name in a CMTS command line interface
AssigneeARRIS Group, Inc.
InventorDuane Higgs
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Abstract
An algorithm extracts a company ID from a LAN MAC address corresponding to a cable modem connected to a CMTS, cross-references the company ID to a corresponding company name in a company-name database, and then displays the company name in a command line user interface.
Claims20
A method for providing a company name of a cable modem connected to a cable modem termination system over a network, comprising:
- receiving an account number of a user of the cable modem, the cable modem having a MAC address;
- receiving at least one first command to determine the company name associated with the MAC address of the cable modem;
- retrieving at least a set of higher order bits of the MAC address of the cable modem based on the account number, the set of higher order bits corresponding to a cable modem provider;
- locating the retrieved set of higher order bits in a company name database that associates sets of higher order bits with corresponding company names;
- and
- outputting the company name responsive to the at least one first command, the company name corresponding to the retrieved set of higher order bits.
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A cable data system device that provides a company name of a cable modem connected to a cable modem termination system over a network, the device comprising:
- at least one connection configured to receive an account number of a user of the cable modem, the cable modem having a MAC address, the at least one connection further configured to receive at least one first command to determine the company name associated with the MAC address of the cable modem;
- logic configured to retrieve at least a set of higher order bits of the MAC address of the cable modem based on the account number, the set of higher order bits corresponding to a cable modem provider;
- a company name database that associates the retrieved set of higher order bits with the company name;
- and
- an interface configured to output the company name responsive to the at least one first command, the company name corresponding to the retrieved set of higher order bits.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.