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Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Frank Michaud, Pully, CH;

Ram Abhinav Somaraju, Mont-sur-Rolle, CH;

Marcelo Yannuzzi Sanchez, Canton de Fribourg, CH;

Alan Robert Lynn, Burke, VA (US);

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present technology pertains to a system that authenticates the identity of a user trying to access a service. The system comprises an authentication provider configured to communicate authentication requirements to a continuous multifactor authentication device and the continuous multifactor authentication device configured to receive authentication requirements, to fuse multiple identification factors into an identification credential for a user according to the authentication requirements, and to send the authentication credential to the authentication provider. After receiving the identification credential meeting the authentication requirements, the authentication provider is configured to instruct a service provider to initiate a session.


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