Method and system for automated authentication of a device to a management node of a computer network
US8301887B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0823
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A first computer-based device is authenticated at a second computer-based device communicatively coupled thereto through use of a unique identifier and an encrypted token, each received from the first device. Following the authentication, configuration information for the first device is sent from the second device to the first device and the first device is authorized to join a network that includes the second device. Further, permissions related to the network may be granted to the first device.
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