Patent ID: 11968242
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A system, comprising:
a processor;
a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor enable the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, with a request for access to a wireless network offering at least a two different service levels based on user identities, a set of user credentials from a User Equipment (UE);
forwarding, for authentication, the set of user credentials to an identity provider in an identity federation with the wireless network, wherein the identity provider is independent from the wireless network;
in response to determining that the set of user credentials indicate a realm known to be associated with a given service level, providing network access to the UE according to the given service level; and
in response to determining that the given service level is not a highest service level in the wireless network, transmitting a list of preferred realms to the UE, wherein each of the list of preferred realms is associated with one or more higher service levels than the given service level.