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Distributed service deliver model

  • US 20060224736A1
  • Filed: 04/02/2005
  • Published: 10/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. For a distributed computer system comprising one or more clients, one or more servicing silos that provide one or more services to the one or more clients, and a root silo that authorizes the one or more clients to access the one or more services at the one or more servicing silos, a method of identifying a servicing silo as a provider of a service desired by a client and entitling the client to interact with the servicing silo, without requiring the client to authenticate to the root silo each time the client interacts with the service at the servicing silo, the method comprising the root silo performing acts of:

  • receiving a request from the client for interaction with a service;

    identifying the servicing silo as an available provider of the service for interacting with the client;

    generating a servicing certificate that contains (i) service entitlement information showing that the client is entitled to interact with the service at the servicing silo, (ii) location information identifying a location of the servicing silo, and (iii) one or more keys for use in secure communication between the client and the servicing silo; and

    sending the servicing certificate to the client for the client to use when interacting with the service at the servicing silo.

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