Methods and systems for device detection
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsJiongkuan Hou, Ping Yi, Thomas McClung
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for detecting the presence, location and movement of devices and associated users between networks. A device may determine and maintain data indicative of one or more devices in communication with a gateway device associated with a network in order to determine whether the device has been moved. The device may compare the data indicative of the devices in communication with the gateway device with other data indicative of devices detected at a second time to determine if the device has been moved to a new network.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, during a first time period, one or more identifiers of one or more user devices in communication with a first gateway device associated with a first network;
- generating data indicative of a ranking of each identifier of the one or more identifiers according to a number of times each identifier is identified during the first time period;
- and
- causing the data indicative of the ranking of each identifier to update according to a number of times each identifier is identified during a second time period.
A method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, during a first time period, one or more identifiers of one or more user devices in communication with a first gateway device associated with a first network;
- generating data indicative of a ranking of at least one identifier of the one or more identifiers according to a number of times each identifier of the one or more identifiers is identified during the first time period;
- determining, based on an event, one or more additional identifiers of one or more additional user devices;
- and
- determining, based on the at least one identifier and the one or more additional identifiers, the computing device is in communication with a second gateway device associated with a second network.
A method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device, one or more identifiers of a first group of one or more user devices in communication with a first gateway device associated with a first network;
- determining, based on an event, one or more identifiers of a second group of the one or more user devices;
- and
- determining, based on the one or more identifiers of the first group not matching the one or more identifiers of the second group, the computing device is in communication with a second gateway device associated with a second network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.