US 11,894,943 B2
Method and apparatus for network device detection
George Seelman, Temecula, CA (US); Michael Lamb, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US); Michael Bailey, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Jay Stone, San Marcos, CA (US)
Assigned to Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,308.
Application 18/177,308 is a division of application No. 15/864,926, filed on Jan. 8, 2018, granted, now 11,621,867.
Application 15/864,926 is a division of application No. 13/273,092, filed on Oct. 13, 2011, granted, now 9,882,734, issued on Jan. 30, 2018.
Application 13/273,092 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/214,116, filed on Aug. 19, 2011, granted, now 8,619,819, issued on Dec. 31, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208667 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/2809 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for self-assigning a network identification code to a network control device, comprising:
transmitting a command for any remote network node in range of the network control device to respond to the network control device with a network identification code that identifies a local network to which each respective responding remote network node belongs;
receiving a first response from a first remote network node in response to the command, the first response comprising a first network identification code;
removing the first network identification code from consideration as a self-assigned network identification code; and
selecting the self-assigned network identification code from a plurality of available network identification codes, excluding the first network identification code.