US 12,395,492 B2
Network model utilizing property sets
Jared Poetter, Blue Bell, PA (US); Michael C Leap, Blue Bell, PA (US); Diane E Schaefer, Blue Bell, PA (US); Robert A Johnson, Collegeville, PA (US); Michael Saunders, Blue Bell, PA (US); Robert R Buckwalter, Blue Bell, PA (US); Sarah K Inforzato, Blue Bell, PA (US); Eugene J Gretter, Blue Bell, PA (US); and George Karian, Blue Bell, PA (US)
Assigned to Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US)
Filed by Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,052.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/056,992, filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0029996 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 41/0894 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/16 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 63/104 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 41/0894 (2022.05); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/16 (2013.01); H04L 63/0263 (2013.01); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network model comprising:
node property sets that include nodes and define how nodes operate and authenticate, wherein the node property sets contain a list of authorization servers and node properties;
authorization groups that contain authentication servers associated with the node property sets;
authorization servers that is a combination of hardware and software, which are members of the authorization groups;
nodes, which are devices including endpoints and are members of the node property sets, authorize as secure nodes in the network by registering to a registration server and receiving a node property set ID, performing a random selection algorithm based on a node configuration of the nodes to choose an authorization server from the list of authorization servers contained in the node property set that includes the nodes and define how the nodes operate and authenticate to provide-authorization of the node, using the node property set ID to access authorization information from the node property set associated with the node property set ID and authorize using the authorization information associated with the node property set ID, wherein the random selection algorithm causes each node to authorize at a randomly selected authorization server based on the random selection algorithm performed by the node.