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User-portable device and method of use in a user-centric identity management system

  • US 8,850,548 B2
  • Filed: 05/27/2009
  • Issued: 09/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a user-portable user computing device including;

    a storage comprising a plurality of first user identities,a storage comprising at least one user attribute, anda security token generator operatively coupled to the user attribute storage, wherein the security token generator;

    receives a token request in reference to a first user identity of the first user identities from an identity management module executing on a host computing system, the receipt of the token request responsive to a security policy from a relying party,determines that the first user identity satisfies the security policy from among the plurality of first user identities,generates a security token in accordance with the token request, using the at least one user attribute,exports at least one of the plurality of user identities,receives the token request relative to one of the exported identities, andissues the security token based on the token request, using user attribute information associated with the user identities,wherein the security token generator retrieves a set of user attributes to support claim assertions of the security token, and wherein the set is associated with a first information card included in a plurality of selectable information cards containing at least the security token and indicative of the first user identity.

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