Method and device for application (APP) to obtain media access control (MAC) address of terminal

• Main Authors: LEI YONGCHENG, WU FANG, CHI JINGLI, HUANG KAIDI, DING JIANGANG
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 19.03.2014
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

The invention relates to the field of communication, in particular to a method and device for an application (APP) to obtain a media access control (MAC) address of a terminal. The method comprises the steps of sending an MAC address inquiry request to an access network through a local terminal; receiving an MAC address inquiry response returned by the access network through the local terminal, enabling the MAC address inquiry response to carry MAC address information of the local terminal, and obtaining the MAC address information in the communication process between the local terminal and the access network through the access network. According to the method and device for the APP to obtain the MAC address of the terminal, the MAC address information of the local terminal is obtained through the access network which is a third-party server, the APP performs query on the access network, the access network informs the APP of the MAC address information, and the problem that in the prior art, an operating syst