MULTIPLE PERSONA INFORMATION CARDS

• US 20100187302A1
• Filed: 01/27/2009
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus Software, Inc. (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Novell Incorporated (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Sermersheim, James, Buss, Duane F., Sanders, Daniel S., Doman, Thomas E., Hodgkinson, Andrew A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,632,003 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/33 using certificates

Abstract

A computer-implemented method can include selecting an information card from a group of identified information cards, selecting a persona from a group of identified personae that are associated with the selected information card, and generating a Request for Security Token (RST) based on the selected information card and the selected persona.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying at least one information card;

selecting one of the identified at least one information card;

identifying at least one persona associated with the selected one of the identified at least one information card;

selecting one of the identified at least one persona; and

generating a Request for Security Token (RST), wherein the RST is based at least in part on the selected one of the identified at least one information card and the selected one of the identified at least one persona.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the identified at least one persona.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the generated RST to a Security Token Service (STS).

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the at least one persona is performed by a card selector.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising identifying at least one role associated with the selected one of the identified at least one persona.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising selecting at least one of the identified at least one role.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein identifying the at least one persona and identifying the at least one role are performed by a card selector.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the at least one persona comprises identifying at least one persona that satisfies a security policy of a relying party.

9. One or more tangible, computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the computer-implemented method of claim 1.

10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

identifying at least one persona;

selecting one of the at least one identified persona;

identifying at least one information card associated with the selected one of the at least one identified persona;

selecting one of the at least one identified information card; and

generating a Request for Security Token (RST), wherein the RST is based at least in part on the selected one of the at least one identified persona and the selected one of the at least one identified information card.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising transmitting the generated RST to a Security Token Service (STS).

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein identifying the at least one information card is performed by a card selector.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising displaying the at least one identified persona.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising:

identifying at least one role associated with the selected one of the at least one identified persona; and

selecting one of the at least one identified role.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein identifying the at least one persona is responsive to selecting at least one of a plurality of roles, wherein each of the at least one identified persona is associated with at least one of the selected at least one of the plurality of roles.

16. One or more tangible, computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the computer-implemented method of claim 10.

17. An information card selector, comprising:

means for identifying and displaying a plurality of information cards; and

means for identifying and displaying a plurality of personae, wherein each of the plurality of personae is associated with at least one of the plurality of information cards.

18. The information card selector of claim 17, further comprising means for identifying and displaying a plurality of roles, wherein each of the plurality of roles is associated with at least one of at least one of the plurality of personae and at least one of the plurality of information cards.

19. The information card selector of claim 17, further comprising means for generating a security token request based on a selected one of the plurality of information cards and a selected one of the plurality of personae.

20. A tangible computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:

identifying a plurality of information cards;

displaying at least some of the plurality of identified information cards;

responsive to a selection of one of the plurality of identified information cards, identifying a plurality of personae associated with the selected information card;

displaying the plurality of personae;

responsive to a selection of one of the plurality of personae, identifying a plurality of roles associated with the selected persona; and

responsive to a selection of at least one of the plurality of roles, generating and transmitting a Request for Security Token (RST), wherein the RST is based at least in part on the selected information card, the selected persona, and the selected at least one role.