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US 7,606,870 · App. 11/041,844 · Granted Oct 20, 2009

Method for displaying vendor name in a CMTS command line interface

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Patent No.
US 7,606,870
App. No.
11/041,844
Granted
Oct 20, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An algorithm extracts a company ID from a LAN MAC address corresponding to a cable modem connected to a CMTS, cross-references the company ID to a corresponding company name in a company-name database, and then displays the company name in a command line user interface.

Claims (30)

1. A method for providing a company name of a cable modem connected to a cable modem termination system over a network, comprising:

receiving an account number of a user of the cable modem, the cable modem having a MAC address;

receiving at least one first command to determine the company name associated with the MAC address of the cable modem;

retrieving at least a set of higher order bits of the MAC address of the cable modem based on the account number, the set of higher order bits corresponding to a cable modem provider;

locating the retrieved set of higher order bits in a company name database that associates sets of higher order bits with corresponding company names; and

outputting the company name responsive to the at least one first command, the company name corresponding to the retrieved set of higher order bits.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of higher order bits includes 24 bits.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the cable modem provider is the manufacturer of an embedded media terminal adaptor.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the cable modem provider is the vendor who provides the cable modem to an end user.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the cable modem provider is the manufacturer of the cable modem.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the outputted company name is adapted for display in a user interface that is a command line interface.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the company name database is stored on a computer connected to the cable modem termination system.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of higher order bits is an IEEE Organizational Unique Identifier (OUI).

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the outputting step utilizes a telnet connection.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the outputting step utilizes an RS-232 connection.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the outputted company name comprises ASCII characters.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

outputting the MAC address of the cable modem.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the outputting of the MAC address of the cable modem is responsive to receiving at least one second command.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the outputted MAC address is adapted for display as a hexadecimal number.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the retrieving step further comprises completely obtaining the MAC address comprising the set of higher order bits and a set of lower order bits.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the MAC address is an IEEE address.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the IEEE address is a 48-bit address.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the retrieving step further comprises obtaining at least the set of higher order bits of the MAC address of the cable modem from a table stored on the CMTS that associates the account number with the MAC address of the cable modem.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein the retrieving step further comprises obtaining at least the set of higher order bits of the MAC address of the cable modem from the CMTS through a determination of the cable modem connected over the network and associated with the account number.

20. A cable data system device that provides a company name of a cable modem connected to a cable modem termination system over a network, the device comprising:

at least one connection configured to receive an account number of a user of the cable modem, the cable modem having a MAC address, the at least one connection further configured to receive at least one first command to determine the company name associated with the MAC address of the cable modem;

logic configured to retrieve at least a set of higher order bits of the MAC address of the cable modem based on the account number, the set of higher order bits corresponding to a cable modem provider;

a company name database that associates the retrieved set of higher order bits with the company name; and

an interface configured to output the company name responsive to the at least one first command, the company name corresponding to the retrieved set of higher order bits.

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