Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for unified authentication in communication networks
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Application No.: US15398463Application Date: 2017-01-04
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Publication No.: US09832645B2Publication Date: 2017-11-28
- Inventor: Sangar Dowlatkhah , Venson Shaw , Thomas J Will
- Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Jay H. Anderson
- Main IPC: H04L29/00
- IPC: H04L29/00 ; H04W12/06 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W12/08 ; H04W48/18 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W88/06 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising authenticating, by a server comprising a processor, a communication device to a first communication network, in accordance with authentication information stored in a first repository of the first communication network. The method also comprises determining, by the server, that a second communication network is accessible to the communication device. The method further comprises providing, by the server, the authentication information to a second repository of the second communication network in accordance with the determining, wherein the providing is performed independently of a request from the second communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170118646A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIFIED AUTHENTICATION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2017-04-27
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