Sprint Communications Comapny L.p.

Carol A Ross

Jason Delker

John Michael Everson

Jason Kent Whitney

James Walter Norris

A system is provided comprising a computer system and a dynamic network interfaces application that executes on the computer system. The dynamic network interfaces application activates a virtual local area network (VLAN) by associating subnet interface information and a virtual local area network tag, wherein the virtual local area network tag is unrelated to and randomly combined with the subnet interface information, and by transmitting the association of the subnet interface information and the virtual local area network tag to a firewall component and to a network access component.

Dynamic firewall and dynamic host configuration protocol configuration

A processor-implemented method for providing application single sign on leveraging a virtual local area network identifier is provided. The method comprises an authentication server providing a client device access to a network via association with a virtual local area network and a credential. The method also comprises the device invoking an application hosted on an application server and the application server identifying a virtual local area network tag associated with the device. The method also comprises the application server sending a message to the authentication server requesting linkage of the tag with a user identification associated with the device. The method also comprises the authentication server linking the tag with the user identification associated with the device and sending a message to the application server containing the identification. The method also comprises the application server using the identification to authenticate the device with the application and the device receiving access.

Application single sign on leveraging virtual local area network identifier

A system is provided that comprises a computer system, a database, and an application that, when executed on the computer system, receives a message containing notification that an unauthorized communication from a client device has been attempted, searches the database for policies associated with a network resource invoked by the unauthorized communication, and determines authorization for association with policies permitting the client device access to the network resource. The system terminates the client device association with a first virtual local area network and sends a reply to a virtual local area network access device and a gateway device containing information to one of modify and replace a virtual local area network interface associated with the first virtual local area network on each component to provision a second virtual local area network. The system also activates association with the second virtual local area network providing access to the network resource.

Network assignment appeal architecture and process

A system is provided comprising a computer system, a configuration database, and a dynamic network interfaces application that receives a message from a network access component containing a request to authenticate a client device accessing a network service, determines that a policy requires the client device to be associated with a virtual local area network to access the network service, and authenticates the client device for association with the virtual local area network. The dynamic network interfaces application also searches the configuration database for configuration information to provision the virtual local area network, assigns the configuration information to the client device, the network access component, and a firewall component, and sends a reply containing the configuration information to the network access component and the firewall component in response to the request, wherein the configuration information comprises settings to provision the virtual local area network.

A dynamic network policies system based on device classification is provided. The system comprises a computer system, a configuration database, and a dynamic network policies application based on device classification that receives a message from a virtual local area network access component containing a device identity certificate. The application parses the device identity certificate to discover a device classification, references the configuration database to determine a network policy associated with the device classification, and associates the network policy with a virtual local area network definition. The application also sends a reply containing the virtual local area network definition to the virtual local area network access component in response to the request, wherein access to network services is made available by association with a virtual local area network, and wherein association with a virtual local network is specific to the device classification and the network policy.

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Shawnee, KS, United States of America

Carol A Ross