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Federated realm discovery

  • US 9,935,936 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2017
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing system including:

  • one or more processor; and

    one or more storage device having stored computer-executable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform a computer process that includes;

    receiving, at a user device and via a non-home security authority login user interface implemented at the user device, user credentials of a user, the user credentials comprising at least an identifier of the user and a password;

    requesting, by the user device, identification of a home security authority of the user based on the user credentials by accessing a realm list datastore of the user device, the user device having an account with the home security authority but not with the non-home security authority;

    responsive to said requesting, receiving the identification of the home security authority of the user; and

    requesting authentication for the user to access the non-home security authority from the identified home security authority of the user without sending the user credentials to the non-home security authority.

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