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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2004
Merlon Odell Clemmons, Ii, Coppell, TX (US);
Subrata Mazumdar, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Robert R Seibel, Waretown, NJ (US);
Tk Srinivas, Howell, NJ (US);
Sriram Chittur Viswanathan, Westminster, CO (US);
Merlon Odell Clemmons, II, Coppell, TX (US);
Subrata Mazumdar, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Robert R Seibel, Waretown, NJ (US);
TK Srinivas, Howell, NJ (US);
Sriram Chittur Viswanathan, Westminster, CO (US);
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling network access to products. The system includes a security appliance connected to a product under operational control of a first entity, a product connection platform and a user terminal under operational control of a second entity, the product connection platform being accessed by the user terminal, and a trust relationship established between the first entity and the second entity based on predetermined criteria between the first entity and the second entity, the trust relationship being represented by a certificate or public/private key exchange. Authentication of access by a user of the user terminal of the second entity to the product of the first entity is deferred to the product connection platform of the second entity based on the predetermined criteria of the trust relationship, whereupon if authentication is granted, the user is provided access to the product.