Systems and methods for secure automated network attachment

• US 10,356,081 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2017
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated
• Inventors: Brown, Ralph William, McKibben, Bernard, Hoggan, Stuart, Scriber, Brian Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Shin-Hon (Eric)
• Application Number:
  US15/419,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20170223013A1
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/17 Selecting a data network PoA [Point of Attachment]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A method for automatically attaching a purpose-built electronic device to a provider network includes steps of discovering, by a Wi-Fi module of the purpose-built electronic device, a wireless data network in operable communication with the provider network selecting, by the Wi-Fi module, the wireless data network, transmitting a primary authentication certificate from the Wi-Fi module to an authentication, authorization, and accounting server of the provider network, receiving, by an application server of the provider network, a secondary authentication certificate from a functionality module of the purpose-built electronic device authenticating, by the provider network, the primary and secondary authentication certificates, and attaching the purpose-built device to the provider network.

Claims

1. A method for automatically attaching a purpose-built medical electronic device to a provider network associated with a clinical setting, the method comprising the steps of:

discovering, by a Wi-Fi module of the medical electronic device, a wireless data network in operable communication with the provider network;

selecting, by the Wi-Fi module, the wireless data network;

transmitting a primary authentication certificate from the Wi-Fi module to an authentication, authorization, and accounting server of the provider network;

receiving, by an application server of the provider network, a secondary authentication certificate from a functionality module of the medical electronic device;

authenticating, by the provider network, the primary and secondary authentication certificates;

attaching the medical electronic device to a clinical secure layer of the provider network;

provisioning a wireless enterprise client device to an enterprise secure layer of the provider network; and

transmitting a primary authentication from the wireless enterprise client device to the authentication, authorization, and accounting server of the provider network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless enterprise client device is a general-purpose electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of provisioning a wireless visitor device to a public open layer of the provider network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the wireless visitor device is a general-purpose electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the primary authentication certificate is based on an access network query protocol.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the secondary authentication certificate is based on a cloud for mobile interaction platform.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the secondary authentication certificate is received separately from the primary authentication certificate.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the secondary authentication certificate is received over an Ethernet connection.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the primary and secondary authentication certificates are received over one or more of a secure access network and a secure virtual private network.