US 12,199,819 B2
Dynamic network awareness
John Jason Brzozowski, Schwenksville, PA (US); and John Leddy, Bryn Mawr, PA (US)
Assigned to Adeia Media Holdings LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adeia Media Holdings LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/200,708.
Application 18/200,708 is a continuation of application No. 17/490,191, filed on Sep. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,700,172.
Application 17/490,191 is a continuation of application No. 16/430,229, filed on Jun. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,165,637, issued on Nov. 2, 2021.
Application 16/430,229 is a continuation of application No. 15/832,413, filed on Dec. 5, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/832,413 is a continuation of application No. 13/891,496, filed on May 10, 2013, granted, now 9,866,432, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300022 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0873 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2821 (2013.01); H04L 41/0873 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, by an authoritative network device of a network, an attempt by a particular device to utilize an Internet protocol (IP) configuration of the authoritative network device;
in response to the detecting:
creating, by the authoritative network device, a conflict to prevent the particular device from utilizing an IP configuration of the authoritative network device, wherein creating the conflict comprises causing an IP configuration of a first interface associated with the network to be associated with a same IP address as the particular device;
reconfiguring, by the authoritative network device, one or more IP parameters associated with a second interface of the authoritative network device, wherein the one or more IP parameters associated with the second interface of the authoritative network device do not conflict with the IP configuration of the first interface; and
receiving or transmitting, by the authoritative network device, data over the network using the second interface,
wherein the IP configuration of the first interface is maintained while reconfiguring the one or more IP parameters associated with the second interface and while receiving or transmitting the data over the network using the second interface.