US 11,729,621 B2
Elastic security services and load balancing in a wireless mesh network
Zhuangzhi Duo, Fremont, CA (US); and Atul Dhablania, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to SONICWALL INC., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by SONICWALL INC., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,860.
Application 17/716,860 is a continuation of application No. 16/397,951, filed on Apr. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,310,665, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240091 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/088 (2021.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04W 12/10 (2021.01); H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04L 67/5682 (2022.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/088 (2021.01) [G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 67/5682 (2022.05); H04W 12/10 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling access to content, the method comprising:
receiving at a first wireless mesh node a request to access digital content;
identifying that a cache memory local to the first wireless mesh node does not store information identifying that the requested digital content has a bad reputation rating;
forwarding the request to access digital content to a second wireless mesh node based on the identification that the cache memory local to the first wireless mesh node does not store information identifying that the requested digital content has the bad reputation rating, wherein the second wireless mesh node stores information in a cache memory local to the second wireless mesh node indicating that the requested digital content has the bad reputation rating;
receiving an identification from the second wireless mesh node that the request for the digital content concerns digital content having the bad reputation rating; and
storing the identification that the requested digital content has the bad reputation rating at the cache memory local to the first wireless mesh node, wherein a subsequent request to access the digital content having the bad reputation rating is blocked.