Method and apparatus for bulk authentication and load balancing of networked appliances
US9680818B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1001
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support bulk authentication of an appliance associated with a user to all cloud-based services the appliance intends to access in one transaction instead of authenticating the appliance against each of the services individually. First, the appliance generates and transmits to an authentication service cluster an authentication request that includes its identification and authentication credentials in order to access to a plurality of services. Upon receiving the authentication request, the authentication service cluster authenticates the appliance for all of the services to be accessed based on the information in the authentication request. Once the appliance is authenticated, the authentication service cluster then retrieves entitlement information of the services to be accessed by the appliance, and identifies the service clusters/nodes that the appliance will connect to for the services with the fastest response time.
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