US 12,010,559 B2
Implementing service level agreements in an identity federation
Malcolm M. Smith, Richardson, TX (US); Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US); Mark Grayson, Maidenhead (GB); Robert E. Barton, Richmond (CA); 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 Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,549.
Application 18/187,549 is a continuation of application No. 17/148,146, filed on Jan. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,627,498.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/107,130, filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300680 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/69 (2021.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/24 (2013.01) [H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/69 (2021.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
accessing, by a user device, an identity profile provided to the user device by an identity provider (IDP), wherein the identity profile includes a service level agreement (SLA) criterion;
receiving, at the user device, an advertisement from a visited network (VN) indicating one or more SLAs supported by the VN, wherein the advertisement is received before the user device has associated with the VN, and wherein the IDP and the VN are part of a same identity federation; and
upon determining one of the one or more SLAs supported by the VN satisfies the SLA criterion, associating, by the user device, with the VN.