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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2022
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Omar Naji Abduljaber, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Michael G. Brown, Portland, OR (US);
Mujtaba Hussain, Canton, MI (US);
Robert Jacob Linial Small, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bradley A. Kuykendall, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method, by an authentication server, includes receiving user information associated with a first authentication factor for verification from the first endpoint device. The method further includes in response to verifying the first authentication factor, transmitting a prompt to provide an authentication decision associated with a second authentication factor to the second endpoint device, wherein the second endpoint device is communicatively coupled to the first endpoint device through the communication link. The method further includes receiving the authentication decision that is initiated by the first endpoint device from the second endpoint device, wherein the first endpoint device is configured to initiate and transmit the authentication decision to the second endpoint device in response to receiving the second authentication factor from the second endpoint device.