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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, at a virtual authenticator in an endpoint device, a linkup event, transmitting, to a supplicant in the endpoint device, a request for an identity associated with the endpoint device, receiving, at the virtual authenticator, a response from the supplicant, wherein the response comprises the identity, receiving, from an authentication server, an authorization result, wherein the authorization result is based on authenticating the endpoint device using the received identity, and enforcing, by the virtual authenticator, the authorization result at the endpoint device.