Patents by Inventor Ed Sorrell

Ed Sorrell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Rogue wireless access point detection
    Patent number: 9198118
    Abstract: A method includes, receiving a first set of media access control (MAC) addresses from one or more wireless communication detection devices of a network. The method also includes receiving a second set of MAC addresses from one or more wired devices of the network. The second set of MAC addresses corresponds to devices with wired connections to the network. The method further includes, determining that a wireless device having a first MAC address of the first set of media access control addresses is a potential rogue wireless device when a numeric value of the first MAC address and a numeric value of a second MAC address of the second set of MAC addresses differ by no more than a threshold amount and when a first location associated with a device that detects the first MAC address matches a second location associated with the second MAC address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Troy Larue, Joseph Banning, Ed Sorrell
  • Rogue Wireless Access Point Detection
    Publication number: 20140161027
    Abstract: A method includes, receiving a first set of media access control (MAC) addresses from one or more wireless communication detection devices of a network. The method also includes receiving a second set of MAC addresses from one or more wired devices of the network. The second set of MAC addresses corresponds to devices with wired connections to the network. The method further includes, determining that a wireless device having a first MAC address of the first set of media access control addresses is a potential rogue wireless device when a numeric value of the first MAC address and a numeric value of a second MAC address of the second set of MAC addresses differ by no more than a threshold amount and when a first location associated with a device that detects the first MAC address matches a second location associated with the second MAC address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Troy Larue, Joseph Banning, Ed Sorrell