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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2022
Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Venkata Divvi, Centennial, CO (US);
Christopher Teague, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The presentation invention relates to methods and apparatus for a mobile device to discover the hidden SSID of a network. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: receiving, at the mobile device, a first beacon frame having a Service Set Identifier (SSID) field set to NULL from a first Access Point; determining, at the mobile device, based on information received from the first Access Point that the mobile device is provisioned to connect to a first network advertised by the first beacon frame; discovering, by the mobile device, a first SSID name for the first network advertised by the first beacon frame for which the mobile device is provisioned. In another embodiment the mobile device associates with the first network after discovering the first SSID name.