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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Phillip Andrew Porras, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael G. Corr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven Mark Dawson, Belmont, CA (US);
David Watt, Newark, CA (US);
David Manseau, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
John Peter Marcotullio, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Phillip Andrew Porras, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael G. Corr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven Mark Dawson, Belmont, CA (US);
David Watt, Newark, CA (US);
David Manseau, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
John Peter Marcotullio, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for identifying wireless transmitters. In one embodiment, a method for identifying a transmitter in a wireless computing network includes extracting one or more radio frequency signal characteristics from a communication from the transmitter and generating a fingerprint of the transmitter in accordance at least one of the extracted radio frequency signal characteristics.