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Identity management and single sign-on in a heterogeneous composite service scenario

US8474017B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 2010
Grant dateJun 25, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/41
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A server device that includes a memory to store identity information for a group of users, policy information, and context information for a group user devices. The server device also includes a processor to receive, from another server device, a request for login credentials, associated with a user of a user device, that enable a third party application to access a service provider on behalf of the user, the request including identity information associated with the user and context information associated with the user device; verify the identity of the user based on a determination that particular identity information is stored in the memory; authorize the disclosure of the particular identity information based on a determination that the context information matches particular context information stored in the memory and that the policy information permits the disclosure of the particular identity information; and send the particular identity information, that includes the login credentials, to the other server device based on the verified identity and the authorized disclosure.

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