Patent №
US 6,507,869
Granted
2003-01-14
Filed 1999
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
kr
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09300865
A method and apparatus for tracking assets in a computer network. More specifically, a host identification device monitors address identification packets transmitted from host devices connected to the host identification device in a network. The host identification device then stores the physical and protocol addresses of the host devices as indicated in these packets. When receiving a request packet from another device, the host identification device transmits the stored physical and protocol addresses to the requesting device.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 100730175
Assignors
FRANKE, HUBERTUS, BARANSKY, YURIJ A., PATTNAIK, PRATAP C.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.