Specializing support for a federation relationship
First Claim
1. A method for providing federated functionality within a data processing system, the method comprising:
- receiving a first request at a first computing system for requested federation services from an identity provider, wherein the first request is made by a first requestor;
initializing an instance of an application to provide the requested federation services for the first requestor, the instance of the application resulting in a first specialized runtime which is specialized according to configuration data of a federation relationship of the first requestor with the identity provider, wherein the configuration data is dynamically retrieved during initialization of the runtime; and
providing the requested federation services using the specialized runtime, wherein the identity provider provides federation services for a plurality of requestors, further comprising;
initializing a plurality of specialized runtimes which provide requested federation services for the requestors according to configuration data of respective federation relationships of the requestors with the identity provider, wherein the configuration data is dynamically retrieved during initialization of the runtimes; and
providing the requested federation services to each requestor by routing requests to an appropriate specialized runtime according to a requestor identity and a federation relationship.
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Abstract
The invention provides federated functionality within a data processing system by means of a set of specialized runtimes, which are instances of an application for providing federation services to requesters. Each of the plurality of specialized runtimes provides requested federation services for selected ones of the requestors according to configuration data of respective federation relationships of the requestors with the identity provider. The configuration data is dynamically retrieved during initialization of the runtimes which allows the respective_runtime to be specialized for a given federation relationship. Requests are routed to the appropriate specialized runtime using the first requestor identity and the given federation relationship. The data, which describes each federation relationship between the identity provider and each of the plurality of requestors, is configured prior to initialization of the runtimes.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for providing federated functionality within a data processing system, the method comprising:
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receiving a first request at a first computing system for requested federation services from an identity provider, wherein the first request is made by a first requestor; initializing an instance of an application to provide the requested federation services for the first requestor, the instance of the application resulting in a first specialized runtime which is specialized according to configuration data of a federation relationship of the first requestor with the identity provider, wherein the configuration data is dynamically retrieved during initialization of the runtime; and providing the requested federation services using the specialized runtime, wherein the identity provider provides federation services for a plurality of requestors, further comprising; initializing a plurality of specialized runtimes which provide requested federation services for the requestors according to configuration data of respective federation relationships of the requestors with the identity provider, wherein the configuration data is dynamically retrieved during initialization of the runtimes; and providing the requested federation services to each requestor by routing requests to an appropriate specialized runtime according to a requestor identity and a federation relationship. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system including memory and processor for providing federated functionality within a data processing system, the system comprising:
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a processor; a memory for storing instructions, the instructions which when executed by the processor, perform a method comprising; receiving a first request at a first computing system for requested federation services from an identity provider, wherein the first request is made by a first requestor; initializing an instance of an application to provide the requested federation services for the first requestor, the instance of the application resulting in a first specialized runtime which is specialized according to configuration data of a federation relationship of the first requestor with the identity provider, wherein the configuration data is dynamically retrieved during initialization of the runtime; and providing the requested federation services using the specialized runtime, wherein the identity provider provides federation services for a plurality of requestors, and the method further comprises; initializing a plurality of specialized runtimes which provide requested federation services for the requestors according to configuration data of respective federation relationships of the requestors with the identity provider, wherein the configuration data is dynamically retrieved during initialization of the runtimes; and providing the requested federation services to each requestor by routing requests to an appropriate specialized runtime according to a requestor identity and a federation relationship. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program product for providing federated functionality within a data processing system, the computer program product which when executed by a processor, performing a method comprising:
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receiving a first request at a first computing system for requested federation services from an identity provider, wherein the first request is made by a first requestor; initializing an instance of an application to provide the requested federation services for the first requestor, the instance of the application resulting in a first specialized runtime which is specialized according to configuration data of a federation relationship of the first requestor with the identity provider, wherein the configuration data is dynamically retrieved during initialization of the runtime; and providing the requested federation services using the specialized runtime, wherein the identity provider provides federation services for a plurality of requestors, and the method further comprises; initializing a plurality of specialized runtimes which provide requested federation services for the requestors according to configuration data of respective federation relationships of the requestors with the identity provider, wherein the configuration data is dynamically retrieved during initialization of the runtimes; and providing the requested federation services to each requestor by routing requests to an appropriate specialized runtime according to a requestor identity and a federation relationship. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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