Patent ID: 7797417
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a lookup server in an IP-based network system, the method comprising: receiving, by the lookup server in the IP-based network system, device information of an IP device and a non-IP device from each of a plurality of devices including at least one of the IP device, which is capable of direct allocation of an IP address, and the non-IP device, which is incapable of direct allocation of IP address, the device information of the IP device and the non-IP device including an IP address corresponding to a transmitting device; managing, by the lookup server in the IP-based network system, the device information of the IP device and the non-IP device and providing the device information of the IP device and the non-IP device according to a user selection; and indirectly allocating the non-IP device with the IP address via a service agent.