US Patent Issued to Fortinet on Jan. 20 for "Identifying hidden service set identifiers (SSIDs) of unauthorized access points on a wireless network" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,176, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Fortinet Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Identifying hidden service set identifiers (SSIDs) of unauthorized access points on a wireless network" was invented by Vijayakumar V (Ulsoor, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unauthorized access point is identified during a periodic scan on the wireless network and storing a MAC address for the unauthorized access point and monitored for connection attempts. The unauthorized access point, due to having a hidden SSID, is monitored by the MAC address for data packets sent and received. At least one client associated to the unauthorized access point is i...