Patent ID: 8261327
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving an authentication seed from a first network; in response to receiving the authentication seed from the first network, automatically: transmitting, via the first network, the network address and the result of the one-way hash function to a computing device that provides access control of a second network coupled to the first network, wherein the second network is different from the first network, including transmitting the username that includes the network address and a password that includes the result of the one-way hash function, wherein the username and the password are configured to be utilized by at least one of an authentication service, authorization service, and accounting service; and after transmitting the network address and the result of the one-way hash function to the computing device that provides access control of the second network coupled to the first network, receiving data from the second network.