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Cross-protocol federated single sign-on (F-SSO) for cloud enablement

  • US 20120011578A1
  • Filed: 07/08/2010
  • Published: 01/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to manage access to resources hosted in a shared pool of configurable computing resources, comprising:

  • receiving a registration request to initiate a user'"'"'s registration to use resources hosted in the shared pool of configurable computing resources;

    during a registration process initiated by receipt of the registration request, receiving a federated single sign-on (F-SSO) request, the F-SSO request having an assertion associated therewith that includes authentication data for use to enable direct user access to a resource hosted in the shared pool of configurable computing resources;

    attempting to validate the assertion;

    upon validation of the assertion, deploying the authentication data within the shared pool of configurable computing resources to enable direct user access to the resource.

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