US 12,199,946 B2
Generation of a unique device identifier for a client device in a wireless network
Kurt A. Lumbatis, Dacula, GA (US)
Assigned to RUCKUS IP HOLDINGS LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,856.
Application 18/125,856 is a continuation of application No. 17/734,228, filed on May 2, 2022, granted, now 11,641,340.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,320, filed on May 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246998 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 61/50 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/50 (2022.05) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for an access point device within a network to receive a unique device identifier (UDID) from a client device, the method comprising:
providing the client device with a service set identifier (SSID);
sending a UDID request to the client device; and
receiving a UDID report message from the client device of the network in response to the UDID request, wherein the UDID report message comprises a number of bits of a UDID generated by the client device based on the SSID as the UDID, wherein the UDID report message indicates that the client device is providing the UDID to the access point device.