MUMBAI, India, Aug. 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541005885 A) filed by Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd. on January 24, 2025, for “prevention Of Unauthorized Access Via Wi-Fi Sharing In Wi-Fi Networks”.
Inventors include Mayank Kumar Sahu; Manoj Ramachandra Hebbar; Seshu Babu Maddineni; Srihari Sriram; Farooq Hussain Sahebzad; and Ankit Sudhirchandra Vakil.
The application for the patent was published on July 31, 2026, under issue no. 31/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT “PREVENTION OF UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS VIA WI-FI SHARING IN WI-FI NETWORKS” Embodiments herein relate to managing internet access in hotspot network. The method includes detecting, by a host device (501), a one or more identifiers associated with secondary client devices and ternary client devices accessing the internet using the Wi-Fi hotspot of the host device. The method further includes determining whether each of the one or more identifiers is the same as or different from a corresponding set of authorized identifiers stored in a database. The method also includes blocking internet access over Wi-Fi sharing of the secondary client device or the internet access to the ternary client device via the hotspot of the host device when identifiers of at least one ternary client device are different from the corresponding set of authorized identifiers. Additionally, the method includes maintaining internet access of secondary client device or ternary client device using the Wi-Fi hotspot when all identifiers match the corresponding set of authorized identifiers. FIGS. 5A, 5B
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