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Unified system for authentication and authorization

  • US 9,479,509 B2
  • Filed: 11/06/2009
  • Issued: 10/25/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a processing device, a request from a trusted application to authorize a client application that requests a service offered by the trusted application other than authorization and authentication, wherein the trusted application is a software application to offer the service to the client application, wherein the request comprises a user identifier (ID) identifying a user of the client application, a process ID identifying the client application, and an action ID identifying an action to be carried out by the trusted application;

    determining, in view of the request, whether the client application is authorized to access the trusted application in view of an authorization policy;

    causing an authentication of the user of the client application in response to determining the client application is authorized to access the trusted application; and

    returning to the trusted application, by the processing device, an authorization result in view of the determining and the authentication.

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