Tiered identification federated authentication network system
First Claim
1. A system for tiered identification federated authentication, the system comprising:
- a computer apparatus comprising at least one processor and a memory; and
a software module, stored in the memory, comprising computer readable code executable by the processor, and configured to;
compile one or more authentication credentials required for access to each of a plurality of applications to generate an authentication set for each of the plurality applications, thereby generating a plurality of authentication sets for the plurality of applications, wherein more than one application may share a same authentication set;
aggregate the plurality of authentication sets to form a tiered federated authentication module having multiple authentication rankings, wherein each authentication ranking is associated with one of the authentication sets, and wherein authentication sets with a higher authentication ranking corresponds to more stringent authentication credentials and a lower ranked authentication set or application corresponds to less stringent authentication credentials; and
authenticate a user to access two or more applications of the plurality of applications based on the tiered federated authentication module having multiple authentication rankings.
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes a tiered identification federated authentication network system. Embodiments compile one or more authentication credentials required for access to each of a plurality of applications to generate an authentication set for each application. The system may aggregate the plurality of authentication sets to form a tiered federated authentication module having multiple rankings, wherein each rank is associated with an authentication set; wherein a higher ranked authentication set corresponds to more stringent authentication credentials and a lower ranked authentication set corresponds to less stringent authentication credentials. The system may receive a request from a user for access to a current application, determine if the user has previously authenticated to a higher ranked application and, if so, enable access to the current application, without requiring the user to authenticate again.
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1. A system for tiered identification federated authentication, the system comprising:
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a computer apparatus comprising at least one processor and a memory; and a software module, stored in the memory, comprising computer readable code executable by the processor, and configured to; compile one or more authentication credentials required for access to each of a plurality of applications to generate an authentication set for each of the plurality applications, thereby generating a plurality of authentication sets for the plurality of applications, wherein more than one application may share a same authentication set; aggregate the plurality of authentication sets to form a tiered federated authentication module having multiple authentication rankings, wherein each authentication ranking is associated with one of the authentication sets, and wherein authentication sets with a higher authentication ranking corresponds to more stringent authentication credentials and a lower ranked authentication set or application corresponds to less stringent authentication credentials; and authenticate a user to access two or more applications of the plurality of applications based on the tiered federated authentication module having multiple authentication rankings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method for tiered identification federated authentication, the method comprising:
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compiling one or more authentication credentials required for access to each of a plurality of applications to generate an authentication set for each of the plurality applications, thereby generating a plurality of authentication sets for the plurality of applications, wherein more than one application may share a same authentication set; aggregating the plurality of authentication sets to form a tiered federated authentication module having multiple authentication rankings, wherein each authentication ranking is associated with one of the authentication sets, and wherein authentication sets with a higher authentication ranking corresponds to more stringent authentication credentials and a lower ranked authentication set or application corresponds to less stringent authentication credentials; and authenticating a user to access two or more applications of the plurality of applications based on the tiered federated authentication module having multiple authentication rankings. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for tiered identification federated authentication, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having one or more computer-readable programs stored therein, and the computer readable programs, when executed by a computer apparatus, cause the computer apparatus to perform the following steps:
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compiling, via a computing device processor, one or more authentication credentials required for access to each of a plurality of applications to generate an authentication set for each of the plurality applications, thereby generating a plurality of authentication sets for the plurality of applications, wherein more than one application may share a same authentication set; aggregating, via a computing device processor, the plurality of authentication sets to form a tiered federated authentication module having multiple authentication rankings, wherein each authentication ranking is associated with one of the authentication sets, and wherein authentication sets with a higher authentication ranking corresponds to more stringent authentication credentials and a lower ranked authentication set or application corresponds to less stringent authentication credentials; and authenticating, via a computing device processor, a user to access two or more applications of the plurality of applications based on the tiered federated authentication module having multiple authentication rankings. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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