Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting unauthorized devices
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Application No.: US15354073Application Date: 2016-11-17
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Publication No.: US10078746B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Mehul Patel , Edward David Monnerat
- Applicant: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06F21/44 ; G06F21/30 ; H04W12/06 ; G06F21/55 ; H04N7/16

Abstract:
Methods and systems are disclosed that, in some aspects, provide for receiving a provisioning request from a requesting device, and identifying one or more other devices proximate to or co-located with the requesting device. The methods and systems may include determining a location and other information of the one or more other devices and using the information to determine a location of and other information related to the requesting device. It may be determined whether to grant the provisioning request based on the determined location of the requesting device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170293752A1 Detecting Unauthorized Devices Public/Granted day:2017-10-12
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