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Cross instance user authentication architecture

  • US 9,584,505 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2015
  • Issued: 02/28/2017
  • 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 from a client device at a single URL endpoint which services login requests for the host organization, the login request received at a first login server of the host organization, the first login server having at least a processor and a memory therein to receive the login request, wherein the first login server resides within a first datacenter of the host organization;

    forwarding the login request received at the first login server of the host organization to a second login server within a second one of a plurality of datacenters within the host organization, the second login server having at least a processor and a memory therein to receive the login request from the first login server;

    determining the second 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 user'"'"'s home-geo datacenter responsive to the login request received from the client device; and

    redirecting communications with the host organization from the client device to the user'"'"'s home-geo datacenter upon successful authentication of the login request at the home-geo datacenter.

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