Combined security and QOS coordination among devices

US11178103B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Sophos Limited · GB

Inventors

• Dirk Bolte · Birkenfeld, DE
• Sven Schnelle · Gondelsheim, DE
• Emanuel Taube · Walzbachtal, DE
• Jonas Bernd Freiherr von Andrian-Werburg · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 11, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/08
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes establishing a wireless link between a wireless interface of an endpoint and a WAP; exchanging, through the wireless link, network traffic associated with execution of an application at the endpoint; executing, at the endpoint, a security routine to monitor a security status of the endpoint; establishing, through the wireless link, a secure channel that shares the wireless link with the network traffic of the application, the secure channel to extend from the security routine to a supervisor through the wireless link and the WAP; conveying, from the security routine and through the secure channel, an indication of the security status; receiving, at the security routine and through the secure channel, a command to change a setting of the wireless interface associated with a characteristic of the wireless link; and accessing, from the security routine, the wireless interface to effect the change in response to receiving the command.