Patent ID: 7710933

Claim:
A wireless security method comprising: installing a security system within a selected geographic region, the security system comprising at least one sniffer device disposed within the selected geographic region, the selected geographic region comprising an authorized local area network; detecting wireless transmissions within the selected geographic region using the at least one sniffer device; determining identity of a radio interface present in the selected geographic region from the detected wireless transmissions, wherein information regarding coupling of the radio interface with an authorized communication device is not accessible to the security system; identifying from the detected wireless transmissions a wireless connection between the radio interface and an authorized wireless access point, the authorized wireless access point being adapted to act as traffic transfer point between a wired portion and a wireless portion of the authorized local area network; detecting the identity of the radio interface in traffic over the wired portion of the authorized local area network; classifying the radio interface as being coupled with the authorized communication device based upon the identity of the radio interface being present both in the wireless transmissions and in the traffic over the wired portion; providing for allowing the radio interface to communicate with the authorized wireless access point and for disallowing the radio interface from communicating with an external wireless access point, wherein the external wireless access point acts as traffic transfer point between a wired portion and a wireless portion of a neighborhood local area network, the neighborhood local area network being distinct from the authorized local area network.