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Identity management with local functionality

  • US 9,774,581 B2
  • Filed: 01/18/2013
  • Issued: 09/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for implementing identity management within a system comprising a user equipment (UE), an identity provider (IdP), and a service provider (SP) which communicate via a network, wherein the UE comprises a processor, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the UE comprising the processor, a request for at least one token, wherein the request for the at least one token is responsive to a request for access to a service provided by the service provider;

    receiving, by the UE comprising the processor, an authorization request to create an access token for the SP, wherein the authorization request is approved by a user of the UE;

    in response to the authorization request, at the UE, creating the access token, wherein the access token is associated with the user approval of the authorization request;

    issuing, by the UE, an identity (ID) token in accordance with the request for at least one token, such that the ID token is verified to provide the UE access to the service;

    issuing, by the UE, the access token; and

    releasing, by a user information endpoint that resides on the UE, a user attribute if the access token is verified.

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