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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Wilson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
ARUBA NETWORKS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/205 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling access to a network comprises a first operation of determining a type of electronic device to join the network. Then, unique device credentials are sent to the electronic device. These unique device credentials are used in authenticating the electronic device, and the format of the unique device credentials is based on the type of electronic device determined.