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Application identity design

  • US 8,707,412 B2
  • Filed: 12/22/2011
  • Issued: 04/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interoperability network configured to assist a first service acting on behalf of a first user to obtain authorized access to and task performance by a second service, wherein the first and second service operate on service-associated machines, are separate from each other, and are coupled in communication with the interoperability network, the interoperability network comprising one or more computing devices configured to:

  • receive a request for the first service to perform a particular task, fulfillment of which requires authorized access to and task performance by the second service;

    determine that the first service is authorized to act on behalf of the first user in obtaining authorized access to and task performance by the second service;

    retrieve from an electronic storage repository, which stores a plurality of sets of credentials usable by the first user and by a plurality of other users, access information that enables the first user to obtain authorized access to and task performance by the second service; and

    provide at least part of the access information to the second service to obtain authorized access to and task performance by the second service.

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