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Richard R. Winterton0
Alan B. Butt0
David A. Eatough0
Gregory P. Olsen0
Date of Patent
October 7, 2008
0Patent Application Number
097967220
Date Filed
February 27, 2001
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A method for discovering agents operative on devices configured in a network by broadcasting discovery messages having a common format and containing data to the network devices and receiving reply messages having the same common format and containing data from the agents, and permitting new types of data within the messages without changing the common format.
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