Patent ID: 9742755
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. An authentication system, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: receiving, from a communication device over a packet-switched network, a terminal identification for the communication device and a request to authenticate the communication device, wherein the terminal identification for the communication device comprises a media access control address of a residential gateway utilized by the communication device for providing communication services; generating a first registration identification responsive to the request to authenticate, wherein the generating of the first registration identification comprises providing an authentication key and the media access control address of the residential gateway to a hash algorithm for generating a string of characters as the first registration identification; determining if the first registration identification has been previously stored; responsive to determining that the first registration identification has not been previously stored: