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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Richard Fuller, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard Fuller, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 61/1588 (2013.01); H04L 61/609 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments of a wireless access point. An 802.11 probe request frame is obtained from a wireless device in a wireless access point. Identifying information about the wireless device is extracted from the 802.11 probe request frame. The identifying information and an access point identifier corresponding to the wireless access point to at least one server via a network, from which location and/or proximity to the wireless access point can be determined.