Patent ID: 9742770
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: authenticating, by a hardware processor, a device to a network via a first authentication technique during an initial access request; after successful authentication with the first authentication technique, storing, by the hardware processor, information related to the first authentication technique; creating, by the hardware processor, a record of the device related to a second authentication technique, wherein the record includes at least the information related to the first authentication technique; after the device changes state due to an activity that results in a re-authentication with the network, authenticating, by the hardware processor, the device to the network via the second authentication technique during a subsequent access request without re-authenticating with the first authentication technique, the second authentication technique does not rely on manual entry at the device; and counting, by the hardware processor, an expiration time; removing, by the hardware processor, at the expiration time, the information related to the first authentication technique; and removing, by the hardware processor, the record of the device related to the second authentication technique.