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Method and system for user-determined attribute storage in a federated environment

  • US 8,122,138 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2010
  • Issued: 02/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for managing user information within a data processing system, the method comprising:

  • at a service provider, receiving from a client a request for a resource;

    selecting a set of one or more identifiers of attribute information providers in response to a determination that the service provider does not have a set of one or more identifiers of attribute information providers that was previously associated with the client or a user of the client, wherein each of the attribute information providers is a provider that maintains user attribute information for the user; and

    sending, from the service provider to a user-specified attribute information provider, an attribute information retrieval request message.

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