DYNAMIC WORKFLOW RESOURCE AUTHENTICATION AND DISCOVERY
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a reference to a resource for use in an already processing workflow, wherein the resource is dynamically authenticated and discovered by an identity service;
enforcing policy associated with the resource; and
assigning a task of the workflow to the resource via the reference.
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Abstract
Techniques for dynamic workflow resource authentication and discovery are presented. A processing workflow is augmented with a dynamic resource that becomes available and is authenticated as the workflow is processed. A reference to the newly discovered resource is provided and permits tasks of the workflow to be handled by the newly discovered resource via the dynamically supplied reference.
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28 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a reference to a resource for use in an already processing workflow, wherein the resource is dynamically authenticated and discovered by an identity service; enforcing policy associated with the resource; and assigning a task of the workflow to the resource via the reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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managing the execution of a workflow from a first environment; dynamically discovering a new resource within a second environment for use with the workflow, wherein the new resource is authenticated via an identity service and becomes discovered as the workflow processes within the first environment; and permitting the new resource to access and to be associated with one or more unprocessed tasks of the workflow in response to policy. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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a workflow registry implemented in a machine-readable medium; and a workflow manager implemented within the machine-readable medium and to process on a machine, wherein the workflow manager is to dynamically permit resources to be discovered and associated with and also removed from tasks of a workflow in response to notifications received from the workflow registry indicating that the resources are authenticated for access or rescinded from access. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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a workflow embodied in a machine readable medium and to be accessed and processed on one or more machines; and an identity service implemented and to process on one of the machines; and a workflow manager implemented and to process on one of the machines, wherein the workflow is to include a plurality of tasks, each tasks capable of being handled by one or more resources, and at least some resources dynamically associated with at least some tasks after being dynamically detected and discovered on a network and dynamically authenticated with the identity service. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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