US 12,250,545 B2
Systems and methods for multi-link device privacy protection
Yong Liu, Campbell, CA (US); Jinjing Jiang, San Jose, CA (US); Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt, Los Gatos, CA (US); Tianyu Wu, Fremont, CA (US); Qi Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Lochan Verma, Danville, CA (US); and Su Khiong Yong, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/372,036.
Application 18/372,036 is a continuation of application No. 17/370,914, filed on Jul. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,805,416.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/068,242, filed on Aug. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015507 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/069 (2021.01) [H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to be performed by a Multi-Link Device (MLD) device for communicating over a wireless network, the method comprising:
broadcasting service data indicative of one or more services for wireless communication with a client device, wherein the service data indicates that a service type is differentiated based on a type of the client device;
establishing a security association with the client device, the security association enabling a secure communications link; and
in response to establishing the security association with the client device, granting access, by an encrypted management frame sent to the client device by the secure communications link, to the client device to a subset of the one or more services, the access being based on the type of the client device,
wherein the subset of the one or more services is hidden from the client device prior to establishing the security association and establishing the secure communications link.