Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Mahmood H Khadeer

Amer A Hassan

Christian F Huitema

Deyun Wu

Andrew Thomas Baron

Vishesh Parikh

Wajih Yahyaoui

Guest user are enabled to access network resources through an enterprise network using a guest user account. A guest user account may be created for a guest for a limited time. Guest account credentials of the guest account may be provided to the guest to use the guest account using any of a variety of techniques described herein, for example, by scanning a guest access card, credit card or mobile telephone of guest user, and providing the guest account credentials to the user based on the information obtained. A guest access management server may be configured to generate and maintain guest accounts, authenticate guest users, and track and log guest activity. A VLAN technology may be used to separate guest traffic from host enterprise traffic on the host enterprise network. After a guest user is authenticated, communications to and from the guest user may be routed to a guest VLAN.

Providing guest users network access based on information read from a credit card or other object

Providing guest users access to network resources through an enterprise network

Providing guest users network access based on information read from a mobile telephone or other object

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Mahmood H Khadeer