Repurposing protocol messages to facilitate handoff

    公开(公告)号:US09713045B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-18

    申请号:US13422043

    申请日:2012-03-16

    IPC分类号: H04W36/00 H04W84/12

    摘要: A control element identifies the possibility that a station will transfer to a destination AP, and prepares that destination for a handoff. The control element repurposes messages from the station which indicate a possible near-term handoff, to prepare access points to receive that handoff. The control element treats a neighbor list request as a trigger to select which AP's to identify, to restrict the neighbor list to selected AP's, and to prepare each selected AP for a handoff. In selecting a destination AP, the control element also selects a particular set of related features for the combination of that AP and BSS. When an AP receives a repurposed message, it informs the control element, which selects destination AP's for transfer. The control element treats the repurposed message like a probe request. The control element prepares more than one AP for transfer if handoff is possible to more than one AP.

    Deauthenticating and disassociating unauthorized access points with spoofed management frames

    公开(公告)号:US09681299B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-13

    申请号:US13936213

    申请日:2013-07-08

    申请人: Meru Networks

    IPC分类号: H04W12/08 H04W12/12 H04W88/08

    CPC分类号: H04W12/08 H04W12/12 H04W88/08

    摘要: A spoofed management frame is sent to an unauthorized access point (AP) on behalf of a station from an authorized AP, using a media access control (MAC) address of the station. The spoofed frame triggers a security association (SA) query from an unauthorized AP to reestablish valid communications. An acknowledgment (ACK) frame sent from the client to the unauthorized AP responsive to the SA query request is detected by the AP. A probe response is sent to the client. The probe response includes a channel switching element. The channel switching prevents the client from completing the SA process before a time out.

    Card-less payments and financial transactions

    公开(公告)号:US09613352B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-04

    申请号:US14583093

    申请日:2014-12-24

    摘要: Payments and financial transactions are made without a physical card (and without a password). Payment information of a payer is functionally handicapped while stored in a payment user profile on a hosting payment processor server. When a payment request from a payee is received by the payment processor server, a QR-code or other machine readable information is generated for display by a payee device. Once the QR-code is scanned by the payer device, a human gesture is requested in order to unlock the payment information stored in the payment user profile. The correct human gesture reconstitutes the key (or security data) stored on the payer device, and then transmits the key to the payment processor server for reconstituting another key used to enable payment information to be used to execute the payment.

    Steering connection requests for an access point to a best-serving access point
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    发明授权
    Steering connection requests for an access point to a best-serving access point 有权
    对最佳接入点的接入点的转向连接请求

    公开(公告)号:US09538460B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-03

    申请号:US14727868

    申请日:2015-06-02

    申请人: Meru Networks

    摘要: Network devices are steered to preferred access points using a probability function. A probe request for connection is received from a network device. The probe request can be from a network device attempting to use a wireless network (e.g., a IEEE 802.11-type network or other suitable type of network). A probability function that defines a likelihood of granting the network device a connection is used to determine whether to accept or deny the response. The probe response is then sent to the network device.

    摘要翻译: 使用概率函数将网络设备转向优选接入点。 从网络设备接收到连接的探测请求。 探测请求可以来自尝试使用无线网络的网络设备(例如,IEEE 802.11型网络或其他合适类型的网络)。 定义将网络设备授予连接的可能性的概率函数用于确定是否接受或拒绝该响应。 然后将探测响应发送到网络设备。