Patent ID: 11902277
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A system comprising:
at least one device;
an access control device in communication with the at least one device, the access control device being configured to enforce access control permissions on a communication network for the at least one device;
an authenticator entity in communication with the at least one device, the authenticator entity configured to provide device identifiers; and
a manufacturer application service apparatus in communication with the at least one device, the manufacturer application service apparatus comprising a communication interface configured to enable network communications on the communication network, and a processor coupled with the communication interface, and configured to:
determine one or more applications that are installed on the at least one device, the at least one device having associated therewith a first device identifier; and
generate a certification that includes an updated manufacturer usage description (MUD) identifier determined based on the one or more applications, wherein the updated MUD identifier is associated with a concatenated MUD file that comprises at least two individual MUD file portions that at least in part are based on the one or more applications installed on the at least one device,
wherein the first device identifier includes a first MUD identifier that is associated with a first MUD file for the at least one device, the first MUD file being different from the concatenated MUD file.