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Router for managing trust relationships

  • US 7,926,089 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2006
  • Issued: 04/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of managing trust relationships between federated identity and service providers, the method comprising:

  • receiving an assertion of a user identity from an identity provider of a plurality of identity providers, wherein each of the identity providers comprises a separate domain, via a first federation protocol from a first intermediary federation router configured as a consolidated identity provider of said plurality of identity providers, wherein the first intermediary federation router has a single trust relationship with each of said plurality of identity providers, wherein a destination service provider of a plurality of destination service providers is indicated with the assertion,verifying permission of the user identity to access the destination service provider; and

    asserting the user identity to the destination service provider of said plurality of service providers, wherein each of the service providers comprises a separate domain, via a second federation protocol from a second intermediary federation router configured as a consolidated destination service provider of said plurality of destination service providers, such that said plurality of identity providers has a single trust relationship with said plurality of destination service providers only through said first intermediary federation router and said second intermediary router.

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