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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2023
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Spring, TX (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An access point (AP) receives a network-access request comprising a first multi-pre-shared key (MPSK) password and queries an authentication server to determine an owner of a first device based on the first MPSK password. The AP receives, from the first device, an advertisement packet indicating a service provided by the first device and forwards information about the service and the owner to a device-sharing server to obtain a device-sharing policy. The AP enforces the device-sharing policy, which can include receiving from a second device, a multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) query, indicating the first device in an mDNS response corresponding to the mDNS query in response to determining that the second device belongs to the owner of the first device based on a second MPSK password of the second device, and allowing the second device to access the service provided by the first device.