Means and method for generating a unique user's identity for use between different domains
First Claim
1. An Identity Generator device arranged for generating a user'"'"'s service indicator for a user to access a number of services offered by a service provider through a network operator where user data for the user are accessible, this user'"'"'s service indicator being usable between the service provider domain and the network operator domain to unambiguously identify the user at each respective domain, the Identity Generator device comprising:
- means for obtaining a master user'"'"'s identifier usable to identify the user at the operator'"'"'s network;
means for obtaining a service identifier, indicative of services to be accessed at the service provider; and
means for constructing a user'"'"'s service indicator that includes the master user'"'"'s identifier and the service identifier.
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Abstract
Mobile operators presently offer services on behalf of service providers where such services are really carried out for the users. Mobile operators act as identity providers in this scenario, wherein service provider and identity provider share a unique identity to identify each particular user accessing a number of services. As the number of users accessing these services, and the number of services offered from different service providers increase, the storage required at the operator'"'"'s network for such amount of user'"'"'s identities becomes a problem. To overcome this and other problems, the present invention provides an identity Generator device arranged to generate a user'"'"'s service indicator to identify the user between the service provider and the identity provider, the user'"'"'s service indicator comprising a master user'"'"'s identifier for identification of the user at the identity provider, and a service identifier indicating the services to be accessed at a given service provider.
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29 Claims
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1. An Identity Generator device arranged for generating a user'"'"'s service indicator for a user to access a number of services offered by a service provider through a network operator where user data for the user are accessible, this user'"'"'s service indicator being usable between the service provider domain and the network operator domain to unambiguously identify the user at each respective domain, the Identity Generator device comprising:
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means for obtaining a master user'"'"'s identifier usable to identify the user at the operator'"'"'s network;
means for obtaining a service identifier, indicative of services to be accessed at the service provider; and
means for constructing a user'"'"'s service indicator that includes the master user'"'"'s identifier and the service identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A Decomposer component having means for carrying out a reverse generation to obtain a master user'"'"'s identifier from a given user'"'"'s service indicator, the Decomposer component arranged for integration in, or co-operation with, at least one entity selected from:
- the Identity Generator device and other entities at the identity provider domain or at the service provider domain.
- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for generating a user'"'"'s service indicator intended for a user to access a number of services offered by a service provider through a network operator where user data for the user are accessible, this user'"'"'s service indicator being usable between the service provider domain and the network operator domain to unambiguously identify the user at each respective domain, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a master user'"'"'s identifier usable to identify the user at the operator'"'"'s network;
obtaining a service identifier, indicative of services to be accessed at the service provider, and constructing a user'"'"'s service indicator that includes the master user'"'"'s identifier and the service identifier. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An Identity Generator device for generating a user'"'"'s service indicator for a user to access a number of services offered by a service provider through a network operator where user data for the user are accessible, this user'"'"'s service indicator being usable between the service provider domain and the network operator domain to unambiguously identify the user at each respective domain, the Identity Generator device comprising:
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means for obtaining a master user'"'"'s identifier usable to identify the user at the operator'"'"'s network;
means for obtaining a service identifier, indicative of services to be accessed at the service provider; and
means for constructing a user'"'"'s service indicator that includes the master user'"'"'s identifier and the service identifier, wherein said Identity Generator device is integrated in, or in close cooperation with, and entity of an identity provider network. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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