US 12,445,840 B2
Wireless network attributes records for device registration and policy implementation
William Logan, Overland Park, KS (US); and Loay Kreishan, Aurora, CO (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/612,550.
Application 18/612,550 is a division of application No. 17/515,810, filed on Nov. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,968,527.
Prior Publication US 2024/0236672 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless device comprising a processor and memory storing program code, such that, upon the program code being executed by the processor:
after successfully associating to a wireless network, the wireless device is configured to:
determine whether a network attributes record for the wireless network has expired;
upon determining that the network attributes record for the wireless network has not expired:
renew the network attributes record; and
implement one or more network policies of the wireless network stored in the network attributes record; and
upon determining that the network attributes record for the wireless network has expired:
delete the network attributes record; and
implement one or more default network policies for the wireless network, wherein:
a network policy of the wireless network is that the wireless device must register with the wireless network;
the wireless device is configured to generate a unique, device-generated, network-specific Device ID for the wireless device and transmit the unique, device-generated, network-specific Device ID to a network address as part of registering with the wireless network; and
the unique, device-generated, network-specific Device ID is not a permanent Medium Access Control (MAC) address for the wireless device.