US 12,262,207 B2
Identifying Wi-Fi devices based on user behavior
Preeti Agarwal, Mountain View, 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 Apr. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/731,397.
Application 17/731,397 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/521,949, filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146463 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/121 (2021.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 12/121 (2021.01) [H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable code stored thereon, the computer readable code configured to enable a computer to perform the steps of:
monitoring one or more user devices operating on a Wi-Fi network;
analyzing usage parameters with respect to each of the one or more user devices, the analysis comprising analyzing, over time, the usage parameters with respect to each of the one or more user devices;
creating, based on the analysis of the usage parameters over time, one or more behavioral models associated with one or more users, each behavioral model representing a usage pattern of a respective user according to how the respective user uses at leastone of the one or more user devices;
assigning one or more unique user identifiers for representing the one or more users;
associating the one or more unique user identifiers with the one or more behavioral models;
identifying the one or more user devices based on the usage parameters; and
configuring the Wi-Fi network based on at least a portion of the usage parameters.