Patent ID: 8429305
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating a privacy address to an application in a mobile handset, wherein the privacy address is an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) privacy address produced by generating a random Interface ID (private IID) and associating the private IID with a network prefix of a current access router, comprising: pre-generating a first privacy address; performing a duplicate address determination on the first privacy address; storing the first privacy address in memory of the mobile handset; receiving a request for an address from the application; recalling the first privacy address from memory of the mobile handset; allocating the first privacy address to the application; generating a second privacy address promptly in response to allocation of the first privacy address and prior to receipt of a request for an address by another application; performing a duplicate address determination on the second privacy address; and storing the second privacy address in memory of the mobile handset.