US Patent Issued on June 24 for "EAP-TLS authentication with concealed user identities and wireless networks" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,166, issued on June 24.

"EAP-TLS authentication with concealed user identities and wireless networks" was invented by John A. Nix (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device, mobile operator, network, and a device provider can exchange messages for EAP-TLS authentication. The network can include an authentication server function (AUSF). A device and a device provider can record both a device certificate and a device provider certificate. The network can receive an encrypted identity for the device and forward the identity to the device provider. The device provider can send the device certificate and the device provider c...