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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2016
Applicant:

Zitovault, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ron Keidar, San Diego, CA (US);

Timothy McElwee, Escondido, CA (US);

Assignee:

ZITOVAULT, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 63/062 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A router management server may be utilized to manage a plurality of home routers. Appropriate access control rules may be determined by the router management server for various client devices including IoT devices based on the type and/or make/model of the client devices. MAC address-bound WLAN passphrases may be assigned to the client devices and bound to the MAC addresses associated the client devices. Further, WLAN passphrases may be associated with expiration periods and/or access control rules. Therefore, a secure home network environment that takes into account the vulnerabilities of IoT devices may be achieved without the involvement of an IT department. Moreover, Flexibility of WLAN passphrase management may be improved.


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