US 11,706,255 B2
Systems and methods for obtaining permanent MAC addresses
Bernard McKibben, Golden, CO (US); and Tao Wan, Ottowa (CA)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/941,328.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/879,953, filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0036988 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/162 (2013.01) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network server comprising at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, the network server being programmed to:
receive an access request originating from a user device;
perform an authentication process for connecting with the user device;
transmit, to the user device, a request message for a media access control (MAC) address of the user device;
receive, from the user device, a response message including an encrypted MAC address of the user device; and
determine whether to grant the access request based on decryption of the encrypted MAC address of the user device.