Method for enabling authentication without requiring user identity information
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1. A method of authentication based on contextual attributes of a client device comprising:
- receiving, by a service provider, a request for access from the client device to available content;
determining whether access to the content is restricted by a policy;
challenging the client device to provide contextual attributes required by the policy, when the policy restricts access to the content;
receiving contextual attributes from the client device;
determining if the received contextual attributes meet requirements of the policy; and
enabling access to the content by the client device when the contextual attributes meet the requirements.
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Abstract
Authentication based on contextual attributes of a client device may be accomplished by receiving, by a service provider, a request for access from the client device to available content; determining whether access to the content is restricted by a policy; challenging the client device to provide contextual attributes required by the policy, when the policy restricts access to the content; receiving contextual attributes from the client device; determining if the received contextual attributes meet requirements of the policy; and enabling access to the content by the client device when the contextual attributes meet the requirements.
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1. A method of authentication based on contextual attributes of a client device comprising:
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receiving, by a service provider, a request for access from the client device to available content;
determining whether access to the content is restricted by a policy;
challenging the client device to provide contextual attributes required by the policy, when the policy restricts access to the content;
receiving contextual attributes from the client device;
determining if the received contextual attributes meet requirements of the policy; and
enabling access to the content by the client device when the contextual attributes meet the requirements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An article comprising:
- a storage medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for authentication based on contextual attributes of a client device by
receiving, by a service provider, a request for access from the client device to available content;
determining whether access to the content is restricted by a policy;
challenging the client device to provide contextual attributes required by the policy, when the policy restricts access to the content;
receiving contextual attributes from the client device;
determining if the received contextual attributes meet requirements of the policy; and
enabling access to the content by the client device when the contextual attributes meet the requirements. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- a storage medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for authentication based on contextual attributes of a client device by
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17. An authentication system based on contextual attributes rather than user identity information comprising:
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a client device to request access to content from a service provider, the client device including a trusted platform module to securely store contextual attributes of the client device, and an attribute management module to send contextual attributes of the client device to the service provider; and
an authentication module of the service provider adapted to receive requests for access to content from the client device, to determine whether access to the content is restricted by a policy, to challenge the client device to provide contextual attributes required by the policy when the policy restricts access to the content, to receive contextual attributes from the client device, to determine if the received contextual attributes meet requirements of the policy; and
to enable access to the content by the client device when the contextual attributes meet the requirements. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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