US 11,689,919 B2
Dynamic exchange of metadata
Marcelo Yannuzzi, Nuvilly (CH); Herve Muyal, Gland (CH); Benjamin W. Ryder, Lausanne (CH); Marco Trinelli, Lausanne (CH); and Bart A. Brinckman, Nevele (BE)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/248,366.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232375 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/69 (2021.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/69 (2021.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at an access node of a local network, a connection request from a device;
in response to the connection request, establishing a connection with an identity provider, wherein the device, the access node, the local network, and the identity provider are members of an identity federation; and
after the device is authenticated with the identity provider, sending or receiving, to or from the identity provider and by the access node, data linking the device to an item or an owner of the device.