US 12,445,945 B2
Scalable personal device sharing
Vinay Gopi, Bangalore (IN); Anjanish Pandey, Bangaluru (IN); and Suresh Vaidya, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,469.
Prior Publication US 2024/0323816 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at an access point (AP), a network-access request comprising a first multi-pre-shared key (MPSK) password;
querying an authentication server to determine an owner of a first device based on the first MPSK password;
receiving, by the AP from the first device, an advertisement packet indicating a service provided by the first device;
forwarding information associated with the service and the owner to a device-sharing server to obtain a device-sharing policy associated with the owner;
enforcing the device-sharing policy, which comprises
receiving from a second device, a multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) query;
in response to determining that the second device belongs to the owner of the first device based on a second MPSK password of the second device, indicating the first device in an mDNS response corresponding to the mDNS query; and
establishing a connection between the first and second devices to allow the second device to access the service provided by the first device.