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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Dell Software Inc., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Guo Hui Zou, Shanghai, CN;
Zhong Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhuangzhi Duo, Fremont, CA (US);
Xiaodong Lin, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
SONICWALL INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0869 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 76/021 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plurality of beacons that do not include any service set identifiers may be broadcast from an access point. A request concerning association with the access point may be sent wirelessly from a user device and received at the access point. A unique service set identifier (SSID) for the requesting user device may be generated, and information regarding the unique SSID may be transmitted to the requesting user device. A subsequent association request from the requesting user device may include the unique SSID.