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US 10,771,438 · App. 15/540,457 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Context-based protocol stack privacy

Inventors: Juan Carlos Zuniga (Montreal, CA); Carlos Jesus Bernardos (Madrid, ES)
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
H04L63/0421H04L61/2015H04L63/0407H04L63/102H04L63/16H04L61/6022H04W12/02H04W12/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,771,438
App. No.
15/540,457
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: selecting a privacy profile, wherein the privacy profile includes privacy and security settings for each layer of a protocol stack of the WTRU, wherein the privacy and security settings include at least one of using anonymous dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) signaling parameters, the anonymous DHCP signaling parameters include a hostname, using a random medium access control (MAC) address, or using a random Internet protocol (IP) address; and instructing each layer of the protocol stack of the WTRU with the privacy and security settings based on the selected privacy profile.

Claims (16)

1. A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

selecting a privacy profile, wherein the privacy profile includes privacy and security settings for each layer of a protocol stack of the WTRU, wherein the privacy and security settings include at least one of (1) using anonymous dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) signaling parameters, the anonymous DHCP signaling parameters including a hostname, (2) using a non-static medium access control (MAC) address, and (3) using a non-static Internet protocol (IP) address; and

instructing each respective layer of the protocol stack of the WTRU with the privacy and security settings based on the selected privacy profile.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the privacy and security settings include using non-static dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) signaling parameters.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the non-static DHCP signaling parameters include a hostname.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected privacy profile includes a different configuration at each layer of a protocol stack.

5. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the WTRU comprising:

a processor configured to select a privacy profile, wherein the privacy profile includes privacy and security settings for each layer of a protocol stack of the WTRU, wherein the privacy and security settings include at least one of (1) using anonymous dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) signaling parameters, the anonymous DHCP signaling parameters including a hostname, (2) using a non-static medium access control (MAC) address, and (3) using a non-static Internet protocol (IP) address; and

a transmitter configured to transmit instructions to each respective layer of the protocol stack of the WTRU with the privacy and security settings based on the selected privacy profile.

6. The WTRU of claim 5 , wherein the privacy and security settings include using non-static dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) signaling parameters.

7. The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the non-static DHCP signaling parameters include a hostname.

8. A method for use in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

selecting a network from a plurality of networks;

adjusting a privacy profile wherein the privacy profile includes privacy and security settings for each layer of a protocol stack of the WTRU, wherein the privacy and security settings include at least one of (1) using anonymous dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) signaling parameters, the anonymous DHCP signaling parameters including a hostname, (2) using a non-static medium access control (MAC) address, and (3) using a non-static Internet protocol (IP) address; and

instructing each respective layer of the protocol stack of the WTRU with the privacy and security settings based on the adjusted privacy profile.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the privacy and security settings include using non-static dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) signaling parameters.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2017
From: ZUNIGA, JUAN CARLOS; BERNARDOS, CARLOS JESUS
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 043867/0312 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62098614 · Dec 31, 2014
Provisional Application 61169850 · Jun 2, 2015
Related Publication 20170374034A1 · Dec 28, 2017
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