Network system and method for providing an ad-hoc access environment
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsPei Yen Chia, Pek Yew Tan
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Abstract
Network system and method for providing an ad-hoc access environment. A network system capable of providing an ad-hoc access environment comprises a controller unit connected to the network for receiving access requests from a device; and an authority unit for providing an authorization assertion to the controller unit; wherein the controller unit carries out an authorization process based on an access control policy including at least one rule based on which the controller unit contacts the authority unit and the authority unit provides an authorization assertion.
Claims55
A network system capable of providing an ad-hoc access environment, the network system comprising:
- a controller unit connected to a network for receiving access requests from a device;
- and
- an authority unit for providing an authorisation assertion to the controller unit;
- wherein the controller unit carries out an authorisation process based on an access control policy including at least one rule based on which the controller unit contacts the authority unit and the authority unit provides an authorisation assertion;
- and
- wherein the authority unit resides on a mobile device accessible to a user with administrator rights.
A method of providing an ad-hoc access environment in a network, the method comprising:
- receiving access requests from a device utilising a controller unit of the network;
- and
- providing an authorisation assertion to the controller unit utilising an authority unit of the network;
- wherein the controller unit carries out an authorisation process based on an access control policy including at least one rule based on which the controller unit contacts the authority unit and the authority unit provides an authorisation assertion;
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- wherein the authority unit resides on a mobile device accessible to a user with administrator rights.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.