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Method and apparatus for identity federation gateway

  • US 10,257,183 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2017
  • Issued: 04/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • sending a provisioning message from a user device over a communication network in response to a request at the user device to access a legacy authentication service of a network resource,wherein the provisioning message includes a request to determine whether to use the legacy authentication service of the network resource or a federated identity service to identify the user devicewhen the user device is to be identified by the federated identity service, sending a service request message to access the network resource, from the user device, over the communication network, to an identifier federation gateway;

    receiving an identification message at the user device from the from the identifier federation gateway with a redirect instruction to the federated identity service when the user device is to be identified by the federated identity service;

    sending identification data that indicates an identity for the user device to the federated identity service; and

    receiving an authentication results message from the legacy authentication service via the identifier federation gateway,wherein the authentication results message includes an indication that the user device is successfully identified by the federated identity service.

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