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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Joseph A. Salowey, Seattle, WA (US);
David Sheldon Stephenson, San Jose, CA (US);
Nancy Cam-winget, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chetin Ersoy, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Joseph A. Salowey, Seattle, WA (US);
David Sheldon Stephenson, San Jose, CA (US);
Nancy Cam-Winget, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chetin Ersoy, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes sending by an endpoint a request for information about available services to a network device; receiving by the endpoint a message from the network device, the message including information associated with a first service provider; determining by the endpoint whether the first address is certified by a trusted third party as being associated with the first service provider; if the first address is certified by the trusted third party, communicating by the endpoint with the first service provider using the information; and, in response to communicating with the first service provider using the information, receiving by the endpoint access to a service from the first service provider through the network device.