Provisioning framework supporting plural different networks
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsNitin Bhandari, Abhishek Mukherjee, Megha Mahale
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Abstract
One or more processors of a device management platform map network identifiers to corresponding networks. An account of the device management platform manages devices on a plurality of networks based on the network identifiers. The one or more processors of the device management platform identify a network of a device associated with the account from the plurality of networks based on a mapping of a network identifier of the device to the network. The one or more processors of the device management platform perform an action for the device with respect to the network.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- mapping, by one or more processors of a device management platform, network identifiers to corresponding networks that distinguish between the corresponding networks, wherein an account of the device management platform for an entity manages devices of the entity on a plurality of different networks based on the network identifiers;
- receiving, by the one or more processors of the device management platform, a request for a device associated with the account, wherein the request includes a device identifier;
- determining, by the one or more processors of the device management platform, a network identifier for the device from a portion of the device identifier;
- identifying, by the one or more processors of the device management platform, a network of the device from the plurality of different networks based on a mapping of the network identifier of the device to the network;
- performing, by the one or more processors of the device management platform, an action for the device with respect to the network;
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- tracking, by the one or more processors of the device management platform, usage of the devices of the entity on the plurality of different networks from the account based on the network identifiers within data traffic associated with the devices.
An apparatus comprising:
- a device management platform comprising one or more processors configured to perform operations including:
- mapping network identifiers to corresponding networks that distinguish between the corresponding networks, wherein an account of the device management platform for an entity manages devices of the entity on a plurality of different networks based on the network identifiers;
- receiving a request for a device associated with the account, wherein the request includes a device identifier;
- determining a network identifier for the device from a portion of the device identifier;
- identifying a network of the device from the plurality of different networks based on a mapping of the network identifier of the device to the network;
- performing an action for the device with respect to the network;
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- tracking usage of the devices of the entity on the plurality of different networks from the account based on the network identifiers within data traffic associated with the devices.
One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with processing instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of a device management platform, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:
- mapping network identifiers to corresponding networks that distinguish between the corresponding networks, wherein an account of the device management platform for an entity manages devices of the entity on a plurality of different networks based on the network identifiers;
- receiving a request for a device associated with the account, wherein the request includes a device identifier;
- determining a network identifier for the device from a portion of the device identifier;
- identifying a network of the device from the plurality of different networks based on a mapping of the network identifier of the device to the network;
- performing an action for the device with respect to the network;
- and
- tracking usage of the devices of the entity on the plurality of different networks from the account based on the network identifiers within data traffic associated with the devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.