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Proxy authentication

  • US 10,182,052 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2017
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • by an operating system of a client computing device, receiving, from an authorized user using a software application executing on the client computing device, an indication as to whether the software application is authorized to access user data stored on a remote host;

    by the operating system, sending to the remote host a request to store access permissions indicating whether the software application is authorized to access the user data from the remote host based on the indication received from the authorized user;

    by the operating system, upon receiving a request to access the user data, authenticating a source of the request and (1) if the source is the software application, then transmitting a request for the user data to the remote host, (2) else if the source is another software application, then denying access to the user data.

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