Patent ID: 9461980
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a network access control (NAC) device and from a client device, a request for access to a network, wherein the request includes a device identifier for the client device; predicting, by the NAC device and based on the device identifier and a device usage history of the client device, a user assumed to be making the request; prior to completing a user authentication process, requesting, by the NAC device and from a directory server, session attributes for the predicted user; receiving, by the NAC device and from an authentication server, an indication of whether a user associated with the client device was successfully authenticated; determining, by the NAC device and based on an identifier of the user, whether the predicted user is the user associated with the client device; and responsive to determining that the predicted user is the user associated with the client device, establishing, by the NAC and using the session attributes for the predicted user, a session between the client device and the network.