Method and system for verifying and updating the configuration of an access device during authentication
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1. A method comprising the following operations:
- receiving an access request, at a first service provider, from a client access device associated with a user, the user being a subscriber of a different second service provider separate from the first service provider;
delivering, by the first service provider, an agent application to the client access device, the agent application being configured to identify client access device configuration data associated with the client access device;
receiving the client access device configuration data from the agent application over a communications link during an authentication and authorization exchange; and
transmitting, by the first service provider, the client access device configuration data to the second service provider, wherein the second service provider is configured to selectively grant the client access device access to a network based upon the client access device configuration data.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to verify configuration of a client access device requesting access to a network by establishing a communications link between a network access system and the client access device to authenticate and authorize the client access device and a user associated with the client access device. The network access system further receives client device configuration data from the client access device over the communications link during an authentication and authorization exchange and processes the client device configuration data to determine if the client access device will be granted access to the network.
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1. A method comprising the following operations:
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receiving an access request, at a first service provider, from a client access device associated with a user, the user being a subscriber of a different second service provider separate from the first service provider; delivering, by the first service provider, an agent application to the client access device, the agent application being configured to identify client access device configuration data associated with the client access device; receiving the client access device configuration data from the agent application over a communications link during an authentication and authorization exchange; and transmitting, by the first service provider, the client access device configuration data to the second service provider, wherein the second service provider is configured to selectively grant the client access device access to a network based upon the client access device configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a network access server configured to receive an access request from a client access device associated with a user, the user being a subscriber of a first service provider physically separated from the network access server; an agent application, delivered by the network access server to the client access device, configured to identify client access device configuration data associated with the client access device; the agent application configured to communicate the user authentication information and client access device configuration data over a communications link by the first service provider during an authentication and authorization exchange; and a separate second service provider configured to receive the user authentication information and the client access device configuration data from the first service provider, to process the client access device configuration data, and to selectively grant the client access device access to a network based upon the client access device configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the machine to perform following operations:
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receiving an access request, at a first service provider, from a client access device associated with a user, the user being a subscriber of a second service provider separate from the first service provider; delivering, by the first service provider, an agent application to the client access device, the agent application being configured to identify client device configuration data associated with the client access device; receiving the client access device configuration data from the agent application over a communications link during an authentication and authorization exchange; and transmitting, by the first service provider, the client access device configuration data to the second service provider, wherein the second service provider is configured to selectively grant the client access device access to a network based upon the client access device configuration data.
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28. A method comprising:
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requesting access to a network from a client access device associated with a user, the requesting involving a network access provider and a first service access provider physically separated from the network access provider, the user being a subscriber of a separate second service access provider; authenticating the user in an authentication and authorization exchange, using an agent application delivered to the client access device by the first service access provider, the agent application being operable to identify client access device configuration data associated with the client access device; communicating client device configuration data to the second service access provider via the agent application from the first service access provider; and accessing the network via the network access provider, when the user is authenticated and a verification response from the second service access provider indicates acceptance of the client access device configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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requesting access to a network from a client access device associated with a user, the requesting involving a network access provider and a first service access provider physically separated from the network access provider, the user being a subscriber of a second service access provider physically separated from the first access service provider; authenticating the user in an authentication and authorization exchange, using an agent application delivered to the client access device by the first service access provider, the agent application being operable to identify client access device configuration data associated with the client access device; communicating the client access device configuration data to the second service access provider via the agent application from the first service access provider; and accessing the network via the network access provider, when the user is authenticated and a verification response from the second service access provider indicates acceptance of the client access device configuration data. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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