Overlay broad patent on IPv6?

Joe Klein jsklein at gmail.com
Mon Jul 13 09:20:53 UTC 2015


http://www.google.com/patents/US20130254423

Sorry missed the link.



Joe Klein
"Inveniam viam aut faciam"

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 4:52 AM, Joe Klein <jsklein at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was recently reading a few IPv6 patent, and happened upon on developed
> by  Wesley E. George, Time Warner Cable Inc.  on the topic of Use of dns
> information as trigger for dynamic ipv4 address allocation.
>
> It seems to impact the allocation of the IPv4 & IPv6 address for the
> gateway router, software defined consumer CPE, UPNP, CGN,  content-based
> network, residential broadband networks; DSL networks; fiber-to-the-home
> (FTTH), fiber-to-the-node (FTTN), or fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) networks;
> wireless Internet service providers (WISP)(fixed wireless to replace home
> broadband, typically in rural areas); or indeed to any situation with an
> on-demand IPv4 connection and dynamically assigned addressing.
>
> Am I reading this wrong? Has Time Warner patented all functions on the CPE?
>
> Joe Klein
> "Inveniam viam aut faciam"
>



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