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Delegating right to access resource or the like in access management system

US7770206B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 2005
Grant dateAug 3, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2145
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A resource of a first organization provides access thereto to a requestor of a second organization. A first administrator of the first organization issues a first credential to a second administrator of the second organization, including policy that the second administrator may issue a second credential to the requestor on behalf of the first administrator. The second administrator issues the second credential to the requester, including the issued first credential. The requestor requests access from the resource and includes the issued first and second credentials. The resource validates that the issued first credential ties the first administrator to the second administrator, and that the issued second credential ties the second administrator to the requester. The resource thus knows that the request is based on rights delegated from the first administrator to the requester by way of the second administrator.

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