Patent ID: 8972729
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first network device, a request for content from a user device; determining, by the first network device, that the user device is not authenticated based on receiving the request for content from the user device; sending, by the first network device and to the user device, information indicating that the user device requires authentication before the user device is authorized to receive the content from a content provider; receiving, by the first network device and from a second network device, a notification indicating that the user device is authenticated based on the second network device determining that the user device is authorized to receive the content from the content provider; generating, by the first network device, a secret key based on receiving the notification, authenticating, by the first network device, the user device by using the secret key; and causing, by the first network device, the content to be sent from the content provider, and to the user device, based on authenticating the user device.