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Method and system for verifying and updating the configuration of an access device during authentication

  • US 7,958,352 B2
  • Filed: 12/29/2008
  • Issued: 06/07/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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