×

Distributed topology enabler for identity manager

  • US 9,430,291 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2010
  • Issued: 08/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method, comprising:

  • searching, with a processor of a computer, a main Identity Manager (IM) node to discover other IM nodes;

    interrogating each of the IM nodes to obtain a list of services supported by that IM node;

    combining existing identity management information from a subset of the IM nodes that a user is allowed to access and that each host a subset of services;

    in response to receiving a provisioning request to change the combined identity management information relating to an account;

    issuing sub-requests generated from the provisioning request to one or more IM nodes that are to process the sub-requests in parallel and that are selected based on the list of services supported by each of the one or more IM nodes;

    in response to determining that one IM node of the one or more IM nodes is not active, queuing a sub-request for the one IM node for later submission to the one IM node with a deferred status for the queued sub-request;

    receiving a status of each of the sub-requests from each of the one or more IM nodes that has processed that sub-request;

    combining the status of each of the sub-requests, including the deferred status; and

    returning the combined status as a status of the provisioning request;

    in response to receiving a request to view identity information for a person, retrieving the identity information from the main IM node;

    in response to receiving a change to identity information for the person, issuing the change from the main IM node to the other IM nodes; and

    updating an object stub in a directory server.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×