Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070255832
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | This prior art is a fairly broad automatic network configuration patent, which appears relevant to the networking solution disclosed in the current application. This prior art does not discuss wind farm networks, but I don't see how the current application can avoid such prior art simply by claiming domain specifics of a wind farm network, when many network applications face similar issues. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 7240106 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Cochran, Charles W.; Little, Billy S. / Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | Abstract, background, claims ( |
| URL | http://www.google.com/patents?v... |
| Filing Date | April 25, 2001 |
| Additional Information | Background in this prior art discusses similar issues as does background in the present application, e.g., issues with using either DHCP or manual/static IP address assignment. |
Notes / To Do
| Notes | I've run out of time to work through all the claim relevance at one sitting, so submitting this base info now with plan to amend later. |
Excerpt
Excerpt (Abstract) A technique for remotely configuring a computing device via a network. A device configuration system is provided to determine a network address of the computing device, to identify the computing device, and to facilitate network configuration of the computing device. /...../ (claim 47) The method of claim 34, wherein the act of triggering the sensory identification event comprises the act of transmitting an identification signal between the desired device and a remote interface via the network. /...../ (claim 90) The system of claim 81, wherein the device identification module comprises a device locator module adapted to identify the desired device via an identifier signal communicated between the desired device and the device locator module. |
Relevance
Claims
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A method for automatically configuring a local network in a windfarm, comprising the steps of
(a) automatically assigning an IP address to a device connected to said local windfarm network,
(b) automatically receiving an identifier tag from said device, and
(c) relating the automatically assigned IP address of the device to a specific wind turbine in the windfarm which is identified by said identifier tag.
Relevance
Per above exerpts and similarly the prior art's claims 1, 16, and others, this prior art covers (a) automatic address assignment, and (c) relating the address to the device, in general. The wind farm aspect of the present application is a specialization that merely narrows the application's claims. With respect to (c), the prior art necessarily relates the device's purpose/identity/role within the network to its address, as it could not identify the device and facilitate the device's configuration without doing so. Regarding (b), several of the prior art's claims (e.g., 47 and 90, shown in above excerpt) cover various arrangements whereby the device identification is received from the device by the configuration method.
Per above exerpts and similarly the prior art's claims 1, 16, and others, this prior art covers (a) automatic address assignment, and (c) relating the address to the device, in general. The wind farm aspect of the present application is a specialization that merely narrows the application's claims. With respect to (c), the prior art necessarily relates the device's purpose/identity/role within the network to its address, as it could not identify the device and facilitate the device's configuration without doing so. Regarding (b), several of the prior art's claims (e.g., 47 and 90, shown in above excerpt) cover various arrangements whereby the device identification is received from the device by the configuration method.
Claim Chart
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A windfarm network, comprising
an identifier tag sending device which is adapted to send an identifier tag so that the IP address of a device connected to said windfarm network is uniquely related to a specific wind turbine in said windfarm via said identifier tag.
Relevance
Several of the prior art's claims (e.g., 47 and 90, shown in above excerpt) cover various arrangements whereby the device identification is received from the device by the configuration method. Further, the prior art necessarily relates the device's purpose/identity/role within the network to its address, as it could not identify the device and facilitate the device's configuration without doing so. The wind farm aspect of the present application is a specialization that merely narrows the application's claims as compared to the more general specification in the prior art.
Several of the prior art's claims (e.g., 47 and 90, shown in above excerpt) cover various arrangements whereby the device identification is received from the device by the configuration method. Further, the prior art necessarily relates the device's purpose/identity/role within the network to its address, as it could not identify the device and facilitate the device's configuration without doing so. The wind farm aspect of the present application is a specialization that merely narrows the application's claims as compared to the more general specification in the prior art.
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