Patent ID: 11917399
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus, comprising:
one or more network interfaces;
a processor coupled to the one or more network interfaces and configured to execute one or more processes; and
a memory configured to store a process that is executable by the processor, the process when executed configured to:
receive a device registration request sent by an endpoint device, wherein the endpoint device executes an onboarding agent that causes the endpoint device to send the device registration request via a cellular connection to a private APN (access point name) associated with the apparatus;
verify that a network address of the endpoint device from which the device registration request was sent is associated with an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) or international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) indicated by the device registration request;
identify a tenant identifier associated with the ICCID or IMEI; and
send, based on the tenant identifier, a device registration response to the endpoint device via the private APN, wherein the tenant identifier is used by the apparatus to identify a target APN via which the endpoint device should communicate, and the device registration response is indicative of the target APN.