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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Cameron Esdaile, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Garth Benedict, Reading, MA (US);

David Wilson, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); H04L 12/927 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 48/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/64 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/21 (2018.02); H04L 12/6418 (2013.01); H04L 47/803 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/00 (2013.01); H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); H04W 12/00503 (2019.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
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.


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