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  • Patent number: 9807813
    Abstract: In response to receiving a probe request from a mobile client, an access point determines whether it should suppress a probe response. The access point receives a probe request from a wireless client device, and prepares a probe response to respond to the probe request. The access point determines whether the wireless client device is likely to associate with the wireless access point. Responsive to a determination that the wireless client device is unlikely to associate with the wireless access point, the access point suppresses the transmission of the probe response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian D. Hart, John Matthew Swartz, Joshua Suhr, Matthew A. Silverman, Tak Ming Pang
  • Patent number: 7680892
    Abstract: A system for monitoring email and website behavior of an email recipient is provided. According to one exemplary embodiment, the system includes a mail enhancement server and a logging server. The mail enhancement server is configured to intercept all outgoing emails from a mail server. The mail enhancement server then modifies each outgoing email to include a tracking code. The tracking code is embedded in an image call which in turn is also inserted into the outgoing email. If the outgoing email contains hyperlinks, each hyperlink is also modified to include the tracking code. The tracking code is uniquely associated with the outgoing email. The image call (and the tracking code) is used to detect when the recipient of the outgoing email has opened that email. The tracking code, when embedded in a hyperlink, is also used to monitor whether the recipient has opened the email and/or clicked through on one or more of the hyperlinks in the email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ihance, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Knox, Lars Knox, John Hart