Patent ID: 11936628
Assignee: CSC HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus of a service provider network for providing a plurality of synthetic device identifications (IDs) for a device, the apparatus comprising:
a memory that stores a table having an association between the device, an internal device ID for the device, and a plurality of synthetic device IDs for the device corresponding to a plurality of vendors, the plurality of synthetic device IDs being unique and different from one another; and
a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to execute instructions stored in the memory, the instructions, when executed by the processor, configuring the processor to:
receive a request from the device to obtain a service from a vendor from among the plurality of vendors;
generate a synthetic device ID for the device that corresponds to the vendor;
associate the device, the internal device ID, the synthetic device ID, and the vendor in the table; and
transmit the synthetic device ID to the device to cause the device to send a request for the service to the vendor using the synthetic device ID.