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Method and system for multi-tiered distributed security authentication and filtering

  • US 9,043,878 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2012
  • Issued: 05/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing user access to one or more computing resources, comprising:

  • centrally maintaining user subscription information comprising user authentication information and system authorization information based on user credentials, wherein the user subscription information is contained in a master list, wherein the system authorization information includes system type per user;

    providing relevant subscription information from the user subscription information to multiple remote computing systems including propagating user credentials;

    in a remote computing system;

    querying the master list for subscription information for relevant users associated with computing resources of the remote computing system;

    downloading one or more relevant portions of the master list, wherein the relevant portions downloaded comprise the subscription information for the relevant users associated with the computing resources of the remote computing system;

    authenticating a user login to the remote computing system based on user authentication information from the relevant portions downloaded, wherein said user authentication information comprises multilevel authentication and multilevel password information for filtering access to multiple attached systems of the remote computing system and controlling access to the computing resources of the remote computing system based on user credentials of the relevant users associated with the computing resources of the remote computing system, wherein user provided credentials are checked against the multilevel authentication and multilevel password information for authenticating access to the remote computing system, wherein the multilevel authentication and multilevel password information facilitate filtering by user and filtering by limiting access to certain systems, and wherein the multilevel password information comprises personal passwords and system passwords; and

    upon authentication of the user login, selectively authorizing user access to the computing resources of the remote computing system based on system authorization information from the relevant portions downloaded.

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