US 12,407,677 B2
Dynamic user authentication and traffic steering
Vincent E. Parla, North Hampton, NH (US); Valentiu Vlad Santau, Littleton, MA (US); Peter Davis, Wakefield, MA (US); and Andrzej Konrad Kielbasinski, Grafton, MA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,343.
Prior Publication US 2024/0146718 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/083 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0272 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
based at least in part on detecting an occurrence of an authentication trigger event on a computing device, causing a user of the computing device to be authenticated for access to a resource, the resource to be accessed via a secure communication session;
based at least in part on authenticating the user for access to the resource, storing, in a location that is accessible to a headend appliance associated with the secure communication session, a token indicating that the user of the computing device is authenticated for access to the resource;
based at least in part on detecting an occurrence of a networking trigger event, establishing, based at least in part on the token, the secure communication session between the computing device and the headend appliance to provide access to the resource; and
based at least in part on determining a lapse in a flow of traffic over the secure communication session between the computing device and the resource, causing the secure communication session to enter a standby state such that the headend appliance is less constrained for a computing resource.