Patent ID: 9628484
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device, a request from a private network to authenticate a computing device that has attempted to access the private network, the request comprising a first identifier (ID) that uniquely identifies the computing device and a second ID that uniquely identifies the private network; determining, by the processing device and based on the first ID, that the computing device is associated with a first authentication service account of an authentication service; determining a second authentication service account of the authentication service associated with the second ID; determining, by the processing device, an authentication criterion specified in the second authentication service account for the private network, wherein the authentication criterion comprises a particular relationship between a first social network account associated with the first authentication service account and a second social network account associated with the second authentication service account; determining whether the first social network account has the particular relationship to the second social network account; responsive to determining that the first social network account has the particular relationship to the second social network account, notifying the private network that the computing device is authenticated; and notifying an entity associated with the private network of an identity of a user of the computing device.