Patent ID: 9147172
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including code that when executed by a computer system performs a method for configuring a network device for a requested connection, the method comprising: storing connection profiles for connections in a connection database, wherein the connections are connections for network devices to connect to a network, and the connection profiles identify network attributes for the connections and each connection profile includes a status of one of available and subscribed; assigning a stored connection profile a status of available indicating that the connection for the connection profile is available to be assigned to one of a plurality of network devices; changing the status of the assigned connection profile from available to subscribed, wherein the status of subscribed indicates that the connection profile is reserved for the network device to be connected to the network and prevented from being assigned to another network device while the assigned connection profile is not being used by the network device; receiving a credential for the network device from an edge switch; and authenticating the network device as a network device authorized to use the requested connection to connect to the network, wherein the authenticating is performed using the received credential and information determined for the network device in response to the network device being assigned to the connection profile.