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US 2022/0103562 A1Published application
Access control using task manager
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Ziembicki, Bin Wen, Michael Chen
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for providing conditional access to a service. One or more tasks may be associated with a user profile. The one or more tasks may be indicated as required to be completed to access the service. The one or more tasks may have associated deadlines. If a task is not completed by the deadline, then any device associated with the user profile may be blocked from access to the service.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving data indicative of a task associated with a user, wherein the task is associated with an access condition for a network;
- receiving, from a computing device, a request associated with a user device accessing the network, wherein the user device is associated with the user;
- determining, based on the request, whether the task is completed or is pending completion;
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- sending, based on whether the task is completed or pending completion, an indication of approval or denial of access to the network.
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A method comprising:
- receiving data indicative of a task associated with a user, wherein the task is associated with an access condition for a network;
- determining a user device associated with the user;
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- sending, to a computing device and based on the data indicative of the task, data indicating an association of the access condition with the user device, wherein the computing device is configured to process, based on the access condition, requests associated with the network by the user device.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device and from a user device associated with a user, a request to access a network;
- determining, by the computing device, whether the user device is authorized to access the network, wherein access to the network by the user device is based on whether a task associated with the user is pending completion;
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- processing, based on determining whether the user device is authorized to access the network, the request to access the network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.