Patent ID: 9258385
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for loading a program module into one of a plurality of programmable network devices connected to a network comprising: loading, by a host connected to the network, an ID-generator into at least one of the plurality of network devices, the ID-generator comprising an ID-generator program module for generating a unique identification code for each of the plurality of network devices; generating a unique identification code for the at least one of the plurality of network devices by executing the ID-generator program module in the at least one of the plurality of network devices, and by counting clock cycles of a clock signal for a predetermined time period; assigning a second program module to at least one unique identification code; and loading the second program module into the at least one of the plurality of network devices having the unique identification code assigned to the second program module.