US 12,438,848 B2
Discovery and assignment of privacy-protecting relays in a network
Jason Livingood, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,889.
Prior Publication US 2024/0396878 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0281 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/166 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a gateway device located at a premises and from a network device located external to the premises, information indicating one or more privacy-protecting proxies available to the gateway device;
selecting, by the gateway device and based on one or more selection criteria, a privacy-protecting proxy from the one or more privacy protecting proxies available to the gateway device; and
based on associating the selected privacy-protecting proxy with a user device among a plurality of user devices at the premises, routing data associated with the user device via the selected privacy-protecting proxy.