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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Cameron Esdaile, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Garth Benedict, Reading, MA (US);
David Wilson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for providing tiered network access based on user actions. Specifically, a network device can identify a social action performed by a user, where the social action is performed while the user is logged into a social network application. Furthermore, the network device can select a network access level of a plurality of network access levels based on the social action. Accordingly, the network device grants a client device corresponding to the user access to a network based on the selected network access level. Note that the network access level is selected from the plurality of network access levels based on a plurality of social actions performed by the user.