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Authorization token including fine grain entitlements

  • US 10,587,409 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2017
  • Issued: 03/10/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of interpreting an authorization token, comprising:

  • receiving, by a service from a client device, an authorization token;

    validating, by the service, a signature of the authorization token;

    identifying, by the service, an allowed function value associated with at least part of an entitlement representation contained in a body of the authorization token;

    converting, by the service, the allowed function value to an allowed function bitmask that comprises bits at a plurality of bit positions that are set to values indicating whether a subscriber element has attributes associated with each of the plurality of bit positions on a predefined attribute list; and

    determining, by the service, whether the allowed function bitmask indicates that the subscriber element has one or more qualifying attributes that entitle a user to access the service through the client device.

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