US 12,256,219 B2
Counteracting MAC address randomization and spoofing attempts
Evan Jeng, Los Altos, CA (US); Vasudevan Nagendra, Ashburn, VA (US); Tingyi Zhu, Mountain View, CA (US); Raghav Karnam, Milpitas, CA (US); Paul White, Palo Alto, CA (US); Derek Lownsbrough, Kelowna (CA); Susmita Nayak, Palo Alto, CA (US); and William J. McFarland, Portola Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to PLUME DESIGN, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Plume Design, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,949.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146079 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04L 61/106 (2022.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 12/122 (2021.01) [H04L 61/106 (2013.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable code stored thereon for programming a computer to perform steps of:
obtaining a first set of operational parameters related to a first set of devices operating in a section of a network, the first set of operational parameters including at least a first set of device identifiers representing the first set of devices;
obtaining a second set of operational parameters related to a second set of devices operating in the section of the network, the second set of operational parameters including at least a second set of device identifiers representing the second set of devices;
comparing the first set of device identifiers with the second set of device identifiers to find non-matching device identifiers;
analyzing the first set of operational parameters and the second set of operational parameters to determine when a device identifier of the first set of device identifiers and a device identifier of the second set of device identifiers are determined to represent a same device; and
controlling operation of the first set of devices and the second set of devices based on the determination.