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Split authentication network systems and methods

US10397211B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2018
Grant dateAug 27, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/205
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a system comprising: an authentication datastore; a device presence engine; a traffic monitor engine; an authentication presence monitor engine; an authentication server selection engine; and a traffic routing engine. In operation: the device presence engine is configured to detect presence of a user device on a trusted network; the traffic monitor engine is configured to monitor, in response to the detection, traffic on the trusted network from the device; the authentication presence monitor engine is configured to evaluate onboarding characteristics of the user device in response to the monitoring; the authentication server selection engine is configured to select one of a plurality of authentication servers to authenticate the user device to the trusted network, the selecting based on the onboarding characteristics; and the traffic routing engine is configured to route traffic from the user device to the selected authentication server.

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