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Secure WiFi using predictive analytics

  • US 9,860,796 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2017
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for determining WiFi network bandwidth needed in support of WiFi pathway service at an event, the method comprising executing on a processor:

  • predicting a total attendance within a venue of the event and within a communication range of a designated WiFi service node by users of mobile programmable devices that are each operating a first application, wherein the predicting is a function of a determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event and an input that is selected from the group consisting of an available occupancy of the venue, a historical attendance of the users of the units of the mobile programmable device at similar events within similar venues, and a relation of a time of the event to a time period known to have an impact on event attendance relative to other times;

    predicting data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance as a function of historic data usage relevant to the predicted attendance, of historic data usage relevant to the venue for the event, and of the determined real-time level of social media following activity associated with said event;

    predicting a bandwidth requirement for usage of a first WiFi pathway of the designated WiFi node for a plurality of requests by the units of the mobile programmable device as a function of the predicted attendance, of the predicted data usage of the units of the mobile programmable device of the predicted attendance, and of projected data sizes of the requests; and

    dynamically adjusting bandwidth of the first WiFi pathway as a function of the predicted bandwidth requirement.

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