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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and computerized units grant network access to any one of multiple devices of the same owner. Each of the multiple devices has been previously associated with an owner at an authentication server, whereby device keys for authenticating said multiple devices are stored on the authentication server. Also, said owner has previously been authorized to access the network, such that an owner ID for this owner is stored on the authentication server. In embodiments, present methods comprise, at the authentication server: receiving a network access request for a device to connect to a network, said device being one of the multiple devices; and upon authenticating said device based on a device key associated with this device at the authentication server, confirming that network access can be granted for the device if said owner ID is confirmed to be associated with said device at the authentication server.