Application programming interface for centralized storage of principal data
First Claim
1. A method in a computer system for managing principal data, the computer system having a central data store for storing principal data for a plurality of principals, the method comprising:
- identifying, for each principal, one or more identity claims that uniquely identifies the principal, wherein the one or more identity claims identify a type of the principal, a class of the principal, and a data store storing the principal;
providing the principal data to a plurality of disparate applications via component objects having at least one identity reference and wherein each of the plurality of disparate applications call a standardized principal application programming interface (API) to access the principal data, the standardized principal API containing methods for accessing the central data store, instantiating principal objects, and retrieving principal data.
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Abstract
In the present invention, data relating to principals known to a computer system is centrally stored and objects having a standardized principal application programming interface (API) for finding, managing and accessing that data is provided to applications in lieu of having the applications independently store the principal data. The present invention eliminates the need for each application to create duplicate principal data. It also ensures that principal data are consistent throughout the applications on the computer system. In addition, the present invention allows any application with objects having the principal API to manage and change the principal data making such principal data easy to update. The principal API includes methods to find principals based on an identity reference to a principal or an identity claim that uniquely identifies the principal on computer system.
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11 Claims
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1. A method in a computer system for managing principal data, the computer system having a central data store for storing principal data for a plurality of principals, the method comprising:
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identifying, for each principal, one or more identity claims that uniquely identifies the principal, wherein the one or more identity claims identify a type of the principal, a class of the principal, and a data store storing the principal; providing the principal data to a plurality of disparate applications via component objects having at least one identity reference and wherein each of the plurality of disparate applications call a standardized principal application programming interface (API) to access the principal data, the standardized principal API containing methods for accessing the central data store, instantiating principal objects, and retrieving principal data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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