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Multi-protocol network registration and address resolution

US7783764B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SILVER SPRING NETWORKS, INC. · US

Inventors

James Pace · San Francisco, US
Winston Lew · San Jose, US
Daniel McKernan · Cupertino, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 27, 2008
Grant date	Aug 24, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY04S20/30
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The functionality of a C12.22 application layer is overlaid on an IP-based infrastructure, by employing an IP DNS server as the registration host for both IP- and C12.22-based communications. Communication can occur at either the IP layer or the C12.22 application layer. At the IP layer, a host application can interrogate network nodes. To extend this service to C12.22 communications, C12.22 registration and resolve services are implemented on the DNS server. Similar to the manner in which an IP-based service uses a native, IP-based DNS resolve request, a C12.22 host can utilize a C12.22 resolution request against the C12.22-enabled DNS server for C12.22 application-layer interrogation of endpoints

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