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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Erman, Morristown, NJ (US);
Alexandre Gerber, Madison, NJ (US);
Oliver Spatscheck, Randolph, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/10 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); G06F 15/163 (2006.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/12 (2013.01); G06F 15/163 (2013.01); H04W 12/10 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for detecting a tethering function being performed by an endpoint device in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method analyzes a data packet directed towards the endpoint device, detects a signature based upon analyzing the data packet, and identifies the endpoint device as performing the tethering function based upon detecting the signature.