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Cross instance user authentication architecture

  • US 9,032,488 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2013
  • Issued: 05/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method at a host organization, the method comprising:

  • receiving a login request at a global Virtual Internet Protocol (VIP) address for the host organization from a client device;

    forwarding the login request received at the global VIP address to one of a plurality of datacenters within the host organization;

    determining the selected datacenter is a non-home-geo datacenter for a user associated with the login request received from the client device;

    establishing a back-end link from the non-home-geo datacenter to a home-geo datacenter for the user;

    forwarding the login request from the non-home-geo datacenter to the home-geo datacenter via the back-end link for authentication of the client device at the home-geo datacenter responsive to the login request received from the computing device; and

    returning a response to the client device from the non-home-geo datacenter upon successful authentication of the login request at the home-geo datacenter, wherein the response specifies a re-direct to the home-geo datacenter for the user.

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