US 11,991,047 B2
Detecting access points located within proximity of a computing device for troubleshooting of a network
Jordan E. Thompson, Vancouver (CA); and Andrea Gottardo, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/155,153.
Application 18/155,153 is a continuation of application No. 16/824,556, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,588,699.
Prior Publication US 2023/0155897 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 41/28 (2022.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method comprising:
discovering, by a mobile application running on a mobile device that is operating within a physical environment, a subset of wireless access points (APs) of a plurality of managed APs of a private network that are proximate to the mobile device by receiving short-range beacons originated by the subset of APs, wherein each of the short-range beacons contain information identifying a respective AP of the subset of APs; and
bridging, by the mobile application, the physical environment and a network environment containing information regarding the private network by for each AP of the subset of APs, using the identifying information for the AP to request configuration information or operating information for the AP from a wireless local area network (WLAN) controller that manages the plurality of managed APs.