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Multi-level multi-user web services security system and method

  • US 7,299,492 B2
  • Filed: 06/12/2003
  • Issued: 11/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A security architecture for granting multi-level access to data items in a distributed network, comprising:

  • an authentication server that provides access to at least one web portal using a web services based communication framework;

    a system for securely establishing security credentials for an end user logging into the authentication server system;

    an access directory that obtains the security credentials for the end user from the authentication server, generates a set of XML credential data based on a predefined XML schema, and returns the XML credential data to the authentication server; and

    wherein the authentication server passes the XML credential data to the at least one web portal in order to grant access to the end user for data items accessible via the at least one web portal.

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