Patent ID: 9077544
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically provisioning authentication credentials on a plurality of network devices, comprising: automatically obtaining a list of network devices that need to be provisioned with authentication credentials allowing the network devices to attach to a network, one or more of the network devices being medical devices configured to measure physiological data associated with a patient, wherein one or more of the authentication credentials are authentication certificates or pre-shared keys; identifying one or more classes of network devices from the list of network devices that need to be provisioned with authentication credentials; mapping each identified class of network device to a script or subroutine of a computer program; and executing the script or subroutine for each mapped class of network device to automatically provision the authentication credentials for the plurality of network devices to allow the network devices to attach to and access resources on the network, wherein each network device that is provisioned for an identified class of network devices is provisioned by executing a same script or subroutine that is mapped to the identified class of network device, and wherein the script or subroutine for a network device of the identified class of network devices includes: