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Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2011
Applicants:

Siddhartha Dattagupta, Irvine, CA (US);

James J. Simon, San Marcos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Siddhartha Dattagupta, Irvine, CA (US);

James J. Simon, San Marcos, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2818 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/0492 (2013.01); H04L 63/062 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01);
Abstract

One or more portable identification devices associated with a first smart network can be carried with a user of the first smart network to a second smart network and used to automatically identify the first smart network and allow authorized access to the smart network via the second smart network. The one or more portable identification devices are configured to automatically provision the second smart network with the information necessary for the second smart network to identify the first smart network and the authorization credentials to connect to the first smart network. In some example embodiments, the portable identification devices may be RFID tags.


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