Method of securing connected devices on a network
AssigneeVisa International Service Association
InventorKelvan Howard
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Abstract
A computing device and method may mask an identification of another computing device from malicious and unauthorized use of that identification for network communication. An identification for a network-based electronic device may be received, and a generic device ID may be created for the received ID. The received ID and the generic device ID may be stored in a memory as being related. The generic ID may be communicated by the masking device and method to an outside network.
Claims20
A computing device to mask an identification of a network-enabled device comprising:
- an input/output circuit;
- a processor in communication with the input/output circuit;
- a memory in communication with the processor and storing a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- dynamically assign a unique generic identification to the network-enabled device based on an identification received at the input/output circuit from the network-enabled device;
- relate the received identification and the unique generic identification to each other;
- store the related received identification and the unique generic identification;
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- intercept a plurality of device identifications from traffic on a network and replace each of the plurality of device identifications with the unique generic identification.
A method of creating a generic identification for a network-enabled computing device comprising:
- (a) receiving an identification from the network-enabled device at an input/output circuit of a masking device;
- (b) communicating the received identification to a processor of the masking device where the processor is physically configured to dynamically assign a unique generic identification to the network-enabled computing device;
- (c) storing the received identification and the unique generic identification in a memory of the masking device as being related;
- (d) intercepting, at the input/output circuit, a plurality of device identifications from traffic on a network and replacing each of the plurality of device identifications with the unique generic identification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.