US 12,267,915 B2
Device address rotation method to protect against unconsented tracking
Shankar Ramanathan, Richardson, TX (US); Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, NC (US); Robert E. Barton, Richmond (CA); and Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/355,686.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417734 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 12/12 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 8/26 (2013.01) [H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
analyzing wireless communication of a wireless client device on a wireless network;
generating, based on the analyzing, a risk measurement associated with the wireless communication, wherein the risk measurement is generated based, at least in part, on determining a density of other wireless client devices on the wireless network that are an equivalent device type as a device type of the wireless client device and that are located within a predefined threshold distance from the wireless client device; and
transmitting to the wireless client device, based on the risk measurement, an advisory on rotation of a device address of the wireless client device, wherein the advisory comprises one or more attributes indicating a recommended address rotation strategy for the wireless client device that indicates a recommended timing for which the wireless client device is recommended to perform at least one next device address rotation.