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Samsung patents Wi-Fi check to confirm devices are in the same group

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a method for a Wi-Fi router (access point) to handle requests from devices that claim to be part of the same peer-to-peer group. The router decides whether it needs to double-check if the other devices are actually in that group before responding to the request.

Why it mattersIt is a routine improvement to how Wi-Fi networks manage shared connections between multiple devices, ensuring resources are allocated to the correct group of users.

In the filing’s own words

A method for operating an access point (AP) includes receiving a group resource request from a first station (STA). The group resource request indicates that at least one second STA is in a same peer-to-peer (P2P) group as the first STA. The method further includes determining whether to verify inclusion of the at least one second STA in the same P2P group as the first STA; and transmitting a response to the first STA indicating whether the AP needs to verify inclusion of the at least one second STA in the same P2P group as the first STA.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for operating an access point (AP), the method comprising: receiving a group resource request from a first station (STA), the group resource request indicating that at least one second STA is in a same peer-to-peer (P2P) group as the first STA; determining whether to verify inclusion of the at least one second STA in the same P2P group as the first STA; and transmitting a response to the first STA indicating whether the AP needs to verify inclusion of the at least one second STA in the same P2P group as the first STA.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
P2P GROUP TRUST VERIFICATION MECHANISM
Publication number
US20260303684A1
Application number
19562669
Filed
Mar 10, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

H04L 67/1074 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/1044 Electricity & electronics
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