US 11,943,703 B2
Network address policy information received in a pre-associated state
Stephen McCann, Southampton (GB); Michael Peter Montemurro, Toronto (CA); and James Randolph Winter Lepp, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to Malikie Innovations Limited, Dublin (IE)
Filed by MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/808,673.
Application 17/808,673 is a continuation of application No. 16/990,367, filed on Aug. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,375,440.
Application 16/990,367 is a continuation of application No. 16/010,607, filed on Jun. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,750,435, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322218 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01R 31/08 (2020.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that upon execution cause a wireless device to:
receive an Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) message from an access point (AP), wherein the ANQP message comprises information of a wireless network including a network address policy of the wireless network, and the network address policy governs setting of a Medium Access Control (MAC) address for the wireless device; and
in response to the information including the network address policy, use an address of the wireless device according to the network address policy.