Cross-domain inactivity tracking for integrated web applications
First Claim
1. A method of inactivity tracking and management in a cloud computing infrastructure, wherein information about a set of cloud services to which a user is authenticated is maintained within the infrastructure, comprising:
- receiving an indication that the user has attempted to take an action at a first cloud service following timeout of an inactivity period there;
responsive to receiving the indication, identifying, from the information, a second cloud service as a service to which the user has previously authenticated and may still be active;
responsive to identifying the second cloud service, querying, using software executing in a hardware element, the second cloud service to determine, based on an inactivity period at the second cloud service, whether the user is indicated to be still active at the second cloud service; and
when a response is received indicating that the user is indicated to be still active at the second cloud service, issuing a reply to the indication, wherein the reply re-sets the inactivity period at the first cloud service, thereby enabling the user to take the action.
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Abstract
In a cloud computing environment, a user authenticates to multiple cloud services concurrently. A master service has knowledge of or tracks the cloud service(s) to which a user is authenticated. Each cloud service may enforce its own inactivity period, and the inactivity period of at least first and second cloud services may be distinct from one another. When the master service receives an indication that the authenticated user is attempting to take an action at a first cloud service despite an activity timeout there, the master service issues a status request to at least the second cloud service to determine whether the user is still active at the second cloud service (despite its different inactivity period). If the user is still active at the second cloud service, the master service provides a response, selectively overriding (re-setting) the activity timeout at the first cloud service to permit the action.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of inactivity tracking and management in a cloud computing infrastructure, wherein information about a set of cloud services to which a user is authenticated is maintained within the infrastructure, comprising:
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receiving an indication that the user has attempted to take an action at a first cloud service following timeout of an inactivity period there; responsive to receiving the indication, identifying, from the information, a second cloud service as a service to which the user has previously authenticated and may still be active; responsive to identifying the second cloud service, querying, using software executing in a hardware element, the second cloud service to determine, based on an inactivity period at the second cloud service, whether the user is indicated to be still active at the second cloud service; and when a response is received indicating that the user is indicated to be still active at the second cloud service, issuing a reply to the indication, wherein the reply re-sets the inactivity period at the first cloud service, thereby enabling the user to take the action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; computer memory holding computer program instructions that when executed by the processor perform a method of inactivity tracking and management in a cloud computing infrastructure, wherein information about a set of cloud services to which a user is authenticated is maintained within the infrastructure, the computer program instructions comprising; program code to receive an indication that the user has attempted to take an action at a first cloud service following timeout of an inactivity period there; program code responsive to receipt of the indication to identify, from the information, a second cloud service as a service to which the user has previously authenticated and may still be active; program code responsive to identification of the second cloud service to query the second cloud service to determine, based on an inactivity period at the second cloud service, whether the user is indicated to be still active at the second cloud service; and program code operative when a response is received indicating that the user is indicated to be still active at the second cloud service, to issue a reply to the indication, wherein the reply re-sets the inactivity period at the first cloud service, thereby enabling the user to take the action. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product in a non-transitory computer readable medium for use in a data processing system, the computer program product holding computer program instructions which, when executed by the data processing system, perform a method of inactivity tracking and management in a cloud computing infrastructure, wherein information about a set of cloud services to which a user is authenticated is maintained within the infrastructure, the computer program instructions comprising:
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program code to receive an indication that the user has attempted to take an action at a first cloud service following timeout of an inactivity period there; program code responsive to receipt of the indication to identify, from the information, a second cloud service as a service to which the user has previously authenticated and may still be active; program code responsive to identification of the second cloud service to query the second cloud service to determine, based on an inactivity period at the second cloud service, whether the user is indicated to be still active at the second cloud service; and program code operative when a response is received indicating that the user is indicated to be still active at the second cloud service, to issue a reply to the indication, wherein the reply re-sets the inactivity period at the first cloud service, thereby enabling the user to take the action. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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