Patent ID: 8196199
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04K,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A processor based method for monitoring use of a wireless device with respect to communications that are received at a wireless interface, the method comprising the steps of: loading a personal wireless monitoring agent on the wireless device, wherein the wireless device comprises an authorized device on a wireless network, and wherein the personal wireless monitoring agent is configured to examine behavior on the wireless device on which it is installed; accessing on the wireless device one or more policy guidelines through the personal wireless monitoring agent; determining locally on the wireless device through the personal wireless monitoring agent whether a violation exists with respect to the one or more policy guidelines by analysis of the communication attributes based upon the policy guidelines, the analysis comprises using the personal wireless monitoring agent in a combination of passive monitoring and active monitoring of a wireless local area network driver of the wireless device, wherein the active monitoring comprises monitoring data, management, and control frames associated with the wireless local area network driver, the policy guidelines comprising a configurable set of activity rules related to the wireless device and authorized activity on the wireless network for the wireless device, and the determining based on wireless communication associated with the wireless device, wherein the violation comprises a deviation in communications being sent to or from the wireless device from the one or more policy guidelines; logging any policy violations from the scanning step to a log file; and sending the log file to a server responsive to the wireless device having an available connection to the server.