Patent №
US 7,945,656
Granted
2011-05-17
Filed 2004
Owner
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10968281
A method and apparatus for determining reachability of a device connected to a computer network by receiving from a requesting device at least one ICMP echo request, the at least one ICMP echo request having a destination address associated with a non-echoing device; in response to the received ICMP echo request, sending a ping to the non-echoing device; receiving from the non-echoing device a reply to the sent ping; issuing from a routing device a subsequent at least one ICMP echo request to the non-echoing device and determining that no response is received to the issued at least one ICMP echo request; receiving at least one subsequent ICMP echo request from a requesting device, the at least one subsequent having a destination address associated with the non-echoing device; and in response to the received reply to the additional ping, sending a proxy ICMP echo reply to the requesting device.
AI classification
Ownership
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
assignment · 159130298
Assignors
REMAKER, PHILLIP A.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.