Method and system for authentication by intermediaries

US9680824B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Skyport Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Stephen Rodgers · Mountain View, US
• William N. Eatherton · San Jose, US
• Michael John Beesley · Atherton, US
• Stefan Dyckerhoff · Palo Alto, US
• Philippe Lacroute · Sunnyvale, US
• Edward Ronald Swierk · Mountain View, US
• Neil Vincent Geraghty · San Francisco, US
• Keith Eric Holleman · Campbell, US
• Thomas J. Giuli · Mountain View, US
• Srivatsan Rajagopal · Cupertino, US
• Paul Edward Fraley · Sunnyvale, US
• Vijay Krishnaji Tapaskar · Palo Alto, US
• Daniel Sergeevich Selifonov · Mountain View, US
• Keith Anthony Low · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2015
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/168
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for authenticating applications. The method includes receiving, by a service virtual machine (SVM), a secret from a management service. The SVM is executing on a computing device. The method also includes providing, by the SVM, the secret to an application executing on an application virtual machine (AVM). The AVM is executing on the computing device. The method further includes providing, by the application, the secret to a remote application server in order for the remote application server to authenticate the application.