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Method and apparatus for authentication and identity management of communicating devices

US10979342B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

David Gross · South River, US
Joshua Lackey · Lake Stevens, US
Donald E. Levy · Holmdel, US
Roger Piqueras Jover · New York, US
Jayaraman Ramachandran · Plainsboro, US
Cristina Serban · Middletown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 25, 2019
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY04S40/124
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that accesses internet protocol addresses associated with a group of end point devices where the network device is a closest network device to the group of end point devices, and transmitting data to another network device responsive to a determination that an internet protocol address associated with the data from an end point device is one of the internet protocol addresses associated with the group of end point devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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