Patent ID: 9450910
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for allocating network addresses to network devices, the method comprising: designating, by a network address providing server, a particular network address as a designated network address for use by any network device that is coupled to a specific non-network device, wherein the specific non-network device has a Unique Device Capability Identifier (UDCI), wherein the specific non-network device is not connected to a network, and wherein the particular network address is reserved for use by the network device while the specific non-network device is connected to the network device; storing the designated network address in a lookup table containing the UDCI, wherein the lookup table associates the designated network address with the UDCI; receiving, by the network address providing server, a request from a network device for a network address; in response to the request from the network device for the network address including the UDCI to identify the specific non-network device, retrieving, by the network address providing server, the designated network address from the lookup table based on the UDCI found in the request for the network address; and transmitting, from the network address providing server to the network device, the designated network address with authorization for the network device to use the designated network address as an authorized network address of the network device.