Credential roaming in electronic computing systems
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1. A method comprising:
- storing, in a memory, instructions for performing the method;
executing the instructions on a processor;
according to the instructions being executed;
enumerating local credentials and remote credentials in response to receiving a first event notification, wherein the first event notification comprises a lock eventenumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a second event notification, wherein the second event notification is different from the first event notification and comprises a startup event;
enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a third event notification, wherein the third event notification is different from the first and second event notifications and comprises a shutdown event;
enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a fourth event notification, wherein the fourth event notification is different from the first, second, and third event notifications and comprises a logon event;
enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a fifth event notification, wherein the fifth event notification is different from the first, second, third, and fourth event notifications and comprises a logoff event;
enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a sixth event notification, wherein the sixth event notification is different from the first, second third, fourth, and fifth even notifications and comprises a unlock event;
enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a seventh event notification, wherein the seventh event notification is different from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth event notifications and comprises a session event;
enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving an eighth event notification, wherein the eighth event notification is different from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh event notifications and comprises a timer event;
enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a ninth event notification, wherein the ninth event notification is different from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth event notifications and comprises a manual request; and
enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a tenth event notification, wherein the tenth event notification is different from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth event notifications and comprises a credential update event;
based on the enumerating, evaluating the local credentials and the remote credentials; and
based on the evaluating, synchronizing the local credentials and remote credentials.
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Abstract
An exemplary system enabling credential roaming among a plurality of different computing devices may include an event handler to receive event notifications such as, e.g., a client logon. The event handler may invoke a management service in response to receiving an event notification. The management service may include a synchronizing module to synchronize a user'"'"'s credentials with a remote directory service, such as, e.g., Active Directory, so that the user'"'"'s credentials are available from any of a number of different computing devices.
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1. A method comprising:
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storing, in a memory, instructions for performing the method; executing the instructions on a processor; according to the instructions being executed; enumerating local credentials and remote credentials in response to receiving a first event notification, wherein the first event notification comprises a lock event enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a second event notification, wherein the second event notification is different from the first event notification and comprises a startup event; enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a third event notification, wherein the third event notification is different from the first and second event notifications and comprises a shutdown event; enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a fourth event notification, wherein the fourth event notification is different from the first, second, and third event notifications and comprises a logon event; enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a fifth event notification, wherein the fifth event notification is different from the first, second, third, and fourth event notifications and comprises a logoff event; enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a sixth event notification, wherein the sixth event notification is different from the first, second third, fourth, and fifth even notifications and comprises a unlock event; enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a seventh event notification, wherein the seventh event notification is different from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth event notifications and comprises a session event; enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving an eighth event notification, wherein the eighth event notification is different from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh event notifications and comprises a timer event; enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a ninth event notification, wherein the ninth event notification is different from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth event notifications and comprises a manual request; and enumerating the local credentials and the remote credentials in response to receiving a tenth event notification, wherein the tenth event notification is different from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth event notifications and comprises a credential update event; based on the enumerating, evaluating the local credentials and the remote credentials; and based on the evaluating, synchronizing the local credentials and remote credentials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer readable storage memory encoded with a computer program for executing on a computer system a computer process, the computer process comprising:
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enumerating local credentials and remote credentials in response to receiving each of a lock event, a startup event, a shutdown event, a logon event, a logoff event, an unlock event, a session event, a timer event, a manual request, and a credential update event, wherein one of the local credentials and the remote credentials comprises at least one of the following; a token; and an XrML license; evaluating the local credentials and the remote credentials based on the enumerating; synchronizing the local credentials and remote credentials based on the evaluating via a synchronizing module, wherein the synchronizing module; sorts the local credentials and the remote credentials into a local credential array and a remote credential array respectively and compares the local credential array and the remote credential array; and stores a state file for conflict resolution, the state file comprising; a file version; a flag, wherein the flag indicates whether the credential is user-protected; and a credential state, wherein the credential state comprises; last time synchronization module called; last time local store changed; and last time remote cache changed; based on the synchronizing module comparing the local credential array and the remote credential array, removing at least one of the local credentials from a first local credential cache associated with a first device, wherein the credential removed from the first local credential cache is identified and tagged by the synchronization module in a remote credential cache; based on the synchronizing module comparing the local credential array and the remote credential array, removing the tagged credential from a second local credential cache associated with a second device, wherein the first device is different than the second device, without rewriting the tagged credential to the remote credential cache; and handling errors, wherein error handling comprises returning a write state indication of a status of a credential write operation, wherein the write state indication consists of one of the following; a none indication, wherein the none indication comprises an indication that the credential was not altered; a partial indication, wherein the partial indication comprises an indication that the credential was partially altered;
ora done indication, wherein the done indication comprises an indication that the credential was successfully changed. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system comprising:
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an event handler to receive event notifications; a local store manager and a remote store manager to enumerate local credentials and remote credentials in response to receiving an event notification for each of a lock event, a startup event, a shutdown event, a logon event, a logoff event, an unlock event, a session event, a timer event, a manual request, and a credential update event; a management service to evaluate the local credentials and the remote credentials based on the enumerating, and a synchronizing module operatively associated with the event handle, the synchronizing module implemented in computer-readable program code and executable by a processor to synchronize the local credentials and the remote credentials based on the evaluating when the event handler receives any one of the event notifications and if the local and remote credentials are different from one another. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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