Lightweight directory access protocol, (LDAP) trusted processing of unique identifiers
US6714930B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99939
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A trusted process for use with a hierarchical directory service such as LDAP for enabling different security systems to store and retrieve unique identifiers that are shared or common to the entire directory. The trusted process allows LDAP users to store and to retrieve unique identifiers on LDAP using standard LDAP interfaces. It also allows security systems to share unique identifier information. The trusted process generates or verifies a unique identifier, guarantees the uniqueness of a unique identifier within the entire directory (rather than just within a single security system), and guarantees that any unique identifier returned to an LDAP user is a trusted unique identifier.
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