Systems, methods, and apparatus to facilitate mapping a device name to a hardware address
US11496435B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus to identify media devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a listing retriever to retrieve a list of device names corresponding to devices identified as present on a local area network, the list of device names retrieved from a network activity measurement system located outside of the local area network. The example apparatus includes a communications analyzer to identify a list of hardware addresses of devices on the local area network. The example apparatus includes a mapper to receive a mapping between a device in the list of devices and a hardware address in the hardware addresses. The mapper is to transmit the mapping to the network activity measurement system.
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