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Method and apparatus for determining an authentication procedure

US8332912B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 4, 2007
Grant dateDec 11, 2012
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A server in a home domain for managing the authentication of clients that are subscribers of the home domain, but are attached to a visited domain. Based on knowledge of the type of security being used in an access network of the visited domain, the server determines whether a given client is to be authenticated by the visited domain or the home domain. The server then signals the result to the visited domain.

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