US 12,408,078 B2
5G UDM to IDP federation and identity function
Nathan Howe, Frankfurt (DE); Kenneth B. Urquhart, Reno, NV (US); Subramanian Srinivasan, Milpitas, CA (US); Sridhar Kartik Kumar Chatnalli Deshpande, Kirkland, WA (US); and Patrick Foxhoven, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/699,498.
Application 17/699,498 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/491,795, filed on Oct. 1, 2021, granted, now 12,010,553.
Application 17/699,498 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/371,408, filed on Jul. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,765,593.
Application 17/699,498 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/194,568, filed on Mar. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,596,027.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286912 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0925 (2020.05) [H04W 28/0215 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of identifying and categorizing identities of User Equipment (UE) in a 5G landscape comprising steps of:
receiving a plurality of 5G Unified Data Management (UDM) and/or User Data Repository (UDR) UE values;
assessing source identities of UE based on the UE values;
assigning the source identities to traffic flows associated with the UE based on the assessing; and
forwarding from a device connector the traffic flows to a cloud-based system and performing actions based on the source identities, the actions including applying a correct policy, steering traffic over a best path, and/or signaling updates to 5G core traffic management components, wherein the steps are performed by a service that takes a form of a 5G Application Function (AF) defined by one or more 5g specifications that is authenticated by a 5G control plane and is granted access to UDM/UDR and/or other 5G core components that store and serve needed data.