公开(公告)号：US20170127304A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US14927701

申请日：2015-10-30

Applicant: Afero, Inc.

Inventor： JOE BRITT ,  OMAR ZAKARIA

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/741

CPC classification number: H04W24/08 ,  H04L45/745 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W24/04

Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for capturing, manipulating and analyzing wireless network communication. For example, one embodiment of the invention comprises: a plurality of channel filters, each channel filter to remove all but a specified portion of a wireless network spectrum associated with each of a plurality of wireless network channels; a plurality of radios each configured to receive one of the specified portions of the wireless network spectrum associated with one of the channels, each of the radios to demodulate the received portions to produce a digital data stream for each channel; wireless device identification logic to analyze the digital data stream for each channel to identify wireless devices sending and/or receiving wireless communications over each channel and to packetize the transmissions using the identity of the sender and/or recipient; a plurality of wireless networking stacks, each of the wireless networking stacks associated with one of the wireless devices identified by the wireless device identification logic; stack forwarding logic to receive packets from the wireless device identification logic and to forward the packets to wireless networking stacks corresponding to each of the wireless devices identified by the wireless device identification logic; and a communication feature extraction module to extract a specified set of features from the digital data stream generated by the radios, the packets generated by the wireless device identification logic and/or the wireless networking stacks, including characteristics of a wireless networking protocol implemented by each of the wireless devices.

公开(公告)号：US20170171241A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US14967680

申请日：2015-12-14

Applicant: AFERO, INC.

Inventor： JOE BRITT ,  SCOTT ZIMMERMAN ,  OMAR ZAKARIA

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W76/02

Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for obscuring wireless communication patterns. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) device comprising a wireless communication interface to establish communication with an IoT service; the IoT device including an application to execute commands received from the IoT service and to responsively generate a response; and messaging obfuscation logic to modify timing for transmitting the response to the IoT service.

公开(公告)号：US20170169688A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US14967651

申请日：2015-12-14

Applicant: AFERO, INC.

Inventor： Joe Britt ,  SHIN MATSUMURA ,  HOUMAN FOROOD ,  OMAR ZAKARIA

IPC: G08B21/02

CPC classification number: G08B21/0205 ,  G08B21/0288 ,  G08B21/0453 ,  G08B25/009 ,  G08B25/10

Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for an IoT security system. For example, one embodiment of the IoT security system comprises: one or more attachable security devices, each comprising an IoT device to establish local wireless connections with one or more IoT hubs within a location, each attachable security device to be attached to a child registered with the security system and comprising a switch to trigger upon detachment of the attachable security device from the child; a plurality of kiosks, each kiosk comprising: a monitor to provide instructions to parents for registering and de-registering children with the security system; an input device to receive input from the parents during a registration process and a de-registration process to register and de-register the children, respectively; a camera to capture a photo of a child to be registered with the security system; an IoT hub to establish a first set of local wireless communication channels with the IoT devices of the security bracelets, the IoT hub to further provide connectivity among each of the kiosks through a second set of one or more communication channels; the IoT hub to associate the photo of the child with an IoT device of a security bracelet provided to the child, the association being stored in one or more of the kiosks or in a network service; an IoT device of an attachable security device to transmit a first alarm to a first kiosk responsive to the switch triggering upon detachment of the attachable security device; the first kiosk to communicate the first alarm with other kiosks and the plurality of kiosks to display the photo.

公开(公告)号：US20170126262A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US14927732

申请日：2015-10-30

Applicant: Afero, Inc.

Inventor： OMAR ZAKARIA ,  JOE BRITT

IPC: H04B1/10 ,  H04W4/00

CPC classification number: H04B1/1036 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L45/745 ,  H04L49/15 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for filtering wireless signals. For example, one embodiment of the invention comprises: one or more radios to receive a plurality of wireless signals within a defined spectrum; an energy detection and filtering module to filter received wireless signals based on a detected energy level of the received wireless signals and in accordance with a set of energy-based filtering parameters, the energy detection and filtering module to output energy-filtered wireless signals; and a signal characteristic analysis and filtering module to analyze and filter the energy-filtered wireless signals based on characteristics of the received wireless signals in accordance with a set of signal analysis filtering parameters to output energy-and-characteristic filtered wireless signals.

公开(公告)号：US20180053391A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-22

申请号：US15785038

申请日：2017-10-16

Applicant: AFERO, INC.

Inventor： JOE BRITT ,  SHIN MATSUMURA ,  HOUMAN FOROOD ,  OMAR ZAKARIA

IPC: G08B21/02

CPC classification number: G08B21/0205 ,  G08B21/0288 ,  G08B21/0453 ,  G08B25/009 ,  G08B25/10

Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for an IoT security system. For example, one embodiment of the IoT security system comprises: one or more attachable security devices, each comprising an IoT device to establish local wireless connections with one or more IoT hubs within a location, each attachable security device to be attached to a child registered with the security system and comprising a switch to trigger upon detachment of the attachable security device from the child; a plurality of kiosks, each kiosk comprising: a monitor to provide instructions to parents for registering and de-registering children with the security system; an input device to receive input from the parents during a registration process and a de-registration process to register and de-register the children, respectively; a camera to capture a photo of a child to be registered with the security system; an IoT hub to establish a first set of local wireless communication channels with the IoT devices of the security bracelets, the IoT hub to further provide connectivity among each of the kiosks through a second set of one or more communication channels; the IoT hub to associate the photo of the child with an IoT device of a security bracelet provided to the child, the association being stored in one or more of the kiosks or in a network service; an IoT device of an attachable security device to transmit a first alarm to a first kiosk responsive to the switch triggering upon detachment of the attachable security device; the first kiosk to communicate the first alarm with other kiosks and the plurality of kiosks to display the photo.