US 12,231,421 B2
Wireless LAN (WLAN) public identity federation trust architecture
Malcolm Muir Smith, Richardson, TX (US); Bart Brinckman, Nevele (BE); Mark Grayson, Berkshire (GB); Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); and Matthew Stephen MacPherson, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/446,337.
Application 18/446,337 is a continuation of application No. 17/571,297, filed on Jan. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,765,153.
Application 17/571,297 is a continuation of application No. 16/742,576, filed on Jan. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,258,779, issued on Feb. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388288 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/0815 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0807 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically authenticating a user device on a network, the method comprising:
receiving a request from the user device to access the network via an access point;
determining an identity provider associated with the user device;
retrieving, from the identity provider, respective strength ratings of a plurality of authentication methods accepted by the access point and each authentication method of the plurality of authentication methods have respective strength ratings;
evaluating a credential strength of the user device based on a strength rating of one or more authentication methods of the plurality of authentication methods used by the user device; and
providing the user device access to the network based on the credential strength of the user device satisfying a pre-determined threshold.