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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:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2023
Applicant:

Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);

Inventors:

Kurt Alan Lumbatis, Dacula, GA (US);

William Charles Hare, Jr., Cumming, GA (US);

Ali Negahdar, Duluth, GA (US);

Assignee:

ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Horsham, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0421 (2013.01); H04L 9/3242 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/0281 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05);
Abstract

A method for anonymizing user identifiable information to be transmitted outside of a local network includes generating a network entity hash input based on (i) a first MAC address assigned to a client station of the local network, (ii) a second MAC address assigned to the network gateway device of the local network, and (iii) an identifier of a cloud entity of an external network to which data of the client station is to be transmitted. The method further includes generating a hash value output based on the network entity hash input and a random token value using a hashing function, generating an anonymized MAC address associated with the client station based on the hash value output, and transmitting the anonymized MAC address associated with the client station to the cloud entity of the external network.


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