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Authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services

US9479503B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

John L. Griffin · Brookline, US
Keith A. McFarland · Annapolis, US
William Wells · Ider, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 16, 2015
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 16, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0892
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) offloads “client authentication” activity onto a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. Instead of having a client device authenticate itself directly to a network server, the client device instead authenticates itself to a third-party authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node. The authenticating cloud computing enabling secure services (ACCESS) node then provides credentials that are used by the client device to communicate directly with the server (and utilize the service) without any further authentication being necessary.

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