	US 12,256,305 B2
	Diverse pathway integration
Samian Kaur, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US); and Aditya Pathak, Prosper, TX (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,825.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112305 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01)

CPC H04W 40/02 (2013.01) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01)]

24 Claims

1. A method comprising:

sending, based on a request from a user device via a first network of a first network provider, authentication credentials to the first network provider, wherein the authentication credentials are based on a credential circuit of the user device;

allowing, based on a second network provider receiving from the first network provider an indication that access to the first network is authorized for the user device according to the authentication credentials sent to the first network provider, access to a second network of the second network provider;

receiving, based on the credential circuit, first data over a path of the first network;

receiving, based on the credential circuit, second data over a path of the second network; and

sending a combination of the first data and the second data to an application server.

16. A method comprising:

sending, via a first network of a first network provider, authentication credentials, wherein the authentication credentials are based on a credential circuit of a user device;

sending, based on the credential circuit, data over a path of the first network to a proxy server;

sending, based on a second network provider receiving from the first network provider an indication that access to the first network is authorized for the user device according to the authentication credentials sent to the first network provider, data over a path of a second network of the second network provider to the proxy server; and

receiving, based on communication between the proxy server and an application server and based on a combination of the data sent over the path of the first network and the data sent over the path of the second network, a response over the first network based on the combination and a response over the second network based on the combination.

20. A method comprising:

sending, by a user device, a request via a first network of a first network provider;

sending, to the first network provider, based on a response to the request, authentication credentials based on a credential circuit of the user device;

receiving, based on a second network provider receiving from the first network provider an indication that access to the first network is authorized for the user device according to the authentication credentials sent to the first network provider, access to a second network of the second network provider; and

sending, based on the credential circuit, first data over a path of the first network and second data over a path of the second network, wherein a combination of the first data and the second data is sent to an application server.