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END POINT CONTEXT AND TRUST LEVEL DETERMINATION

  • US 20120054847A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2010
  • Published: 03/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a server device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the server device and from a proxy server, a request, by a user device, to access a network associated with the server device;

    obtaining, by the server device and in response to the request, information associated with the user device, where the information includes one or more identifiers associated with the user device and context information associated with the user device;

    determining, by the server device, a level of trust associated with the user device based on the one or more identifiers and the context information, where the level of trust is a measure of security risk associated with each of the one or more identifiers and the context information;

    generating, by the server device, an access token based on the level of trust, where the access token identifies a level at which the user device is authorized to access the network; and

    sending, by the server device and to the user device via the proxy server, the access token, where the access token enables the proxy server to authorize the user device to access the network at the level identified by the access token.

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