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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Afero, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joe Britt, Los Altos, CA (US);
Scott Zimmerman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Omar Zakaria, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
AFERO, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 9/065 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/0017 (2019.01); H04W 12/0401 (2019.01); H04W 12/04031 (2019.01); H04W 12/04033 (2019.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04L 2209/805 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for obscuring wireless communication patterns. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) device comprising a wireless communication interface to establish communication with an IoT service; the IoT device including an application to execute commands received from the IoT service and to responsively generate a response; and messaging obfuscation logic to modify timing for transmitting the response to the IoT service.