Setting and synching preferred credentials in a disparate credential store environment
First Claim
1. In a computing system environment, a method of using preferential credentials in an environment of multiple disparate credential stores, comprising:
- determining credential information for at least two said multiple disparate credential stores;
identifying one of the credential information as a preferred credential;
indicating a desire to link another credential information to the preferred credential information; and
mapping the preferred credential information to the another credential information.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for using preferential credentials in an environment of multiple disparate credential stores. For at least two disparate credential stores, credential information is known, including a preferred credential indicated by a user. Upon indication of a desire to link another credential information to the preferred credential information, the two are mapped to one another. Users can sign-on, singularly, with the preferred credential information, and have access to both the disparate credential stores. A credential value can be shared by multiple credential ID'"'"'s or one credential ID can be associated with multiple credential values thereby giving users the ability to cross-reference secrets and credentials for most efficiency. Default credentials are also possible as are retrofits for existing SSO services. Policy applications, computer program products and computing network interaction are other noteworthy features.
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20 Claims
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1. In a computing system environment, a method of using preferential credentials in an environment of multiple disparate credential stores, comprising:
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determining credential information for at least two said multiple disparate credential stores; identifying one of the credential information as a preferred credential; indicating a desire to link another credential information to the preferred credential information; and mapping the preferred credential information to the another credential information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a computing system environment, a method of using preferential credentials in an environment of multiple disparate credential stores, comprising:
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searching for credential information for at least two said multiple disparate credential stores; receiving the requested credential information through a common interface in a common format; mapping a preferred of the credential information to another of the credential information; and upon signing-on with the preferred credential information, having access to both the at least two said multiple disparate credential stores. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product available as a download or on a computer readable medium having executable instructions for using preferential credentials in an environment of multiple disparate credential stores, comprising:
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a first component for requesting and receiving credential information for at least two said multiple disparate credential stores; a second component to commonly format the credential information; and a third component to map a preferred of the credential information to another of the credential information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A computing system for using preferential credentials in an environment of multiple disparate credential stores, comprising:
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a user interface module for indicating a preferred credential information; a single-sign-on service; a synchronizing engine interfacing with the single-sign-on service and the user interface module; and at least two credential stores having dissimilar credential information, wherein the synchronizing engine is configured to receive the preferred credential said indicated by a user via the user interface module and map another credential information thereto, the preferred credential information and the another credential information being one credential of the dissimilar credential information.
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