Patents Examined by Abera Zewdu
  • Privacy control for wireless devices
    Patent number: 8351354
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes receiving, at a wireless adaptor of a device, a wireless data packet from an access point (AP), wherein the wireless data packet includes a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) of the AP; changing the BSSID of the received data packet by a processor or hardware to produce a modified wireless data packet; and transmitting the modified wireless data packet to an application on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nimrod Diamant, David Gordon, Benjamin Getz