System and method for identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials

• US 8,132,238 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2008
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Kolluru, Raju Venkata, Kleinpeter, Michael Dean
• Primary Examiner(s): REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A
• Application Number:
  US12/119,684
• Publication Number:
  US 20090288149A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,393 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/321 involving a third party or a trusted authority

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for pool-based identity authentication for service access without use of stored credentials is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment includes providing provisioning information for storage in a provisioning repository; receiving a service request from a service consumer, the service request including requester identifying information; generating an authentication request to send to an authentication authority, the authentication request including requester identifying information; receiving validation of an authenticated service request from the authentication authority; and providing the requested service to the service consumer.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing provisioning information for storage in a provisioning repository;

receiving a service request from a service consumer, the service request including requestor identifying information;

generating an authentication request to send to an authentication authority, the authentication request including the service request and the requestor identifying information that identifies the service consumer that requested a service corresponding to the service request, the authentication authority verifying the requestor identifying information using independently verifiable data corresponding to the service consumer, the independently verifiable data being obtained, independently of a service provider providing the requested service;

receiving validation of an authenticated service request from the authentication authority; and

providing the requested service to the service consumer.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the independently verifiable data includes an IP address of the service consumer.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the requestor identifying information includes an IP address of the service consumer.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the service request is sent using a protocol compatible with the security assertion markup language (SAML).

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein providing provisioning information is performed at initial system/service deployment time.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 including comparing the provisioning information with the requestor identifying information.

7. A method comprising:

providing provisioning information for storage in a provisioning repository;

receiving an authentication request from a service provider, the authentication request including a service request and requestor identifying information that identifies a service consumer that requested a service corresponding to the service request;

verifying the requestor identifying information using independently verifiable data corresponding to the service consumer, the independently verifiable data being obtained independently of a service provider providing the requested service;

matching the service request and requestor identifying information with the provisioning information stored in the provisioning repository; and

sending validation of an authenticated service request to the service provider.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 wherein the independently verifiable data includes an IP address of the service consumer.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7 wherein the requestor identifying information includes an IP address of the service consumer.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7 wherein the authentication request is sent using a protocol compatible with the security assertion markup language (SAML).

11. The method as claimed in claim 7 wherein providing provisioning information is performed at initial system/service deployment time.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a provisioning repository for storing provisioning information; and

a service provider to receive a service request from a service consumer, the service request including requestor identifying information;

to generate an authentication request to send to an authentication authority, the authentication request including the service request and the requestor identifying information that identifies the service consumer that requested a service corresponding to the service request, the authentication authority verifying the requestor identifying information using independently verifiable data corresponding to the service consumer, the independently verifiable data being obtained independently of a service provider providing the requested service;

to receive validation of an authenticated service request from the authentication authority; and

to provide the requested service to the service consumer.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the independently verifiable data includes an IP address of the service consumer.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the requestor identifying information includes an IP address of the service consumer.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a provisioning repository for storing provisioning information; and

an authentication authority to receive an authentication request from a service provider, the authentication request including a service request and requestor identifying information that identifies a service consumer that requested a service corresponding to the service request;

to verify the requestor identifying information using independently verifiable data, corresponding to the service consumer, the independently verifiable data being obtained independently of a service provider providing the requested service;

to match the service request and requestor identifying information with the provisioning information stored in the provisioning repository; and

to send validation of an authenticated service request to the service provider.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15 wherein the independently verifiable data includes an IP address of the service consumer.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 15 wherein the requestor identifying information includes an IP address of the service consumer.