Method and apparatus for single sign-on collaboration among mobile devices
First Claim
1. An apparatus for enabling a user of a first mobile device to extend user authentication credentials to a second mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
- a server having a processor that is configured to;
issue and send a first identity token to the first mobile device, wherein the first identity token can be utilized to authenticate the user of the first mobile device to a service provider;
generate a collaboration credential, wherein generation of the collaboration credential is based on one or more of user authentication and receipt of a collaboration request associated with the first identity token and wherein the collaboration credential is sharable among a plurality of mobile devices;
send the collaboration credential to the first mobile device;
receive the collaboration credential from the second mobile device;
verify the collaboration credential received from the second mobile device; and
in response to verifying the collaboration credential received from the second mobile device, issue and send a second identity token to the second mobile device, wherein the second identity token can be utilized to authenticate the second mobile device to the service provider;
the processor further is configured to receive, from the first mobile device a collaboration notification that identifies the first mobile device as a source of the collaboration credential and identifies the second mobile device as a recipient of the collaboration credential.
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Abstract
A system for, and method of, single sign-on collaboration among a plurality of mobile devices, includes a server for issuing a first identity token to subsequently authenticate a user of a first of the mobile devices to a service provider, and for generating and sending a collaboration credential to the first device based on the first identity token or user authentication. The first device sends the collaboration credential generated by the server to a second device paired with the first device. The server also issues a second identity token to subsequently authenticate to the service provider the user of the second device based on the collaboration credential received from the first device, to support single sign-on collaboration for the user across the plurality of mobile devices.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus for enabling a user of a first mobile device to extend user authentication credentials to a second mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
a server having a processor that is configured to; issue and send a first identity token to the first mobile device, wherein the first identity token can be utilized to authenticate the user of the first mobile device to a service provider; generate a collaboration credential, wherein generation of the collaboration credential is based on one or more of user authentication and receipt of a collaboration request associated with the first identity token and wherein the collaboration credential is sharable among a plurality of mobile devices; send the collaboration credential to the first mobile device; receive the collaboration credential from the second mobile device; verify the collaboration credential received from the second mobile device; and in response to verifying the collaboration credential received from the second mobile device, issue and send a second identity token to the second mobile device, wherein the second identity token can be utilized to authenticate the second mobile device to the service provider; the processor further is configured to receive, from the first mobile device a collaboration notification that identifies the first mobile device as a source of the collaboration credential and identifies the second mobile device as a recipient of the collaboration credential. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for enabling a user of a first mobile device to extend user authentication credentials to a second mobile device, the method comprising:
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issuing and sending a first identity token to the first mobile device, wherein the first identity token can be utilized to authenticate the user of the first mobile device to a service provider; generating a collaboration credential, wherein generation of the collaboration credential is based on one or more of user authentication and receipt of a collaboration request associated with the first identity token and wherein the collaboration credential is sharable among a plurality of mobile devices; sending the collaboration credential to the first mobile device; receiving the collaboration credential from the second mobile device; verifying the collaboration credential received from the second mobile device; and in response to verifying the collaboration credential received from the second mobile device, issuing and sending a second identity token to the second mobile device, wherein the second identity token can be utilized to authenticate the second mobile device to the service provider; further comprising receiving a collaboration notification that identifies the first mobile device as a source of the collaboration credential and identifies the second mobile device as a recipient of the collaboration credential. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for enabling single sign-on collaboration among a plurality of mobile devices, the apparatus comprising:
a mobile device comprising a processor that is configured to; receive each of a first identity token and a collaboration credential from a server, wherein the first identity token can be utilized to authenticate a user of the mobile device to a service provider and wherein the collaboration credential is sharable among a plurality of mobile devices and is configured to enable each mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices to obtain an identity token; and send the collaboration credential to another mobile device; wherein the processor further is configured to, send a collaboration notification to the server, wherein the collaboration notification identifies the mobile device as a source of the collaboration credential and identifies the another mobile device as a recipient of the collaboration credential. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method for enabling single sign-on collaboration among a plurality of mobile devices, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a mobile device of the plurality of communication devices, each of a first identity token and a collaboration credential from a server, wherein the first identity token can be utilized to authenticate a user of the mobile device to a service provider and wherein the collaboration credential is sharable among a plurality of mobile devices and is configured to enable each mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices to obtain an identity token; and sending, by the mobile device, the collaboration credential to another mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; wherein the method further comprises sending a collaboration notification to the server, wherein the collaboration notification identifies the mobile device as a source of the collaboration credential and identifies the another mobile device as a recipient of the collaboration credential. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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