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AssigneeDropbox, Inc.
InventorsAnand Subramani, Francois Alexander Allain
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Abstract
Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a sign-on option, which allows members of the team to use either native authentication or third-party single-sign-on authentication. Upon successful authentication of a member using third party single sign-on authentication, the member is automatically assigned to use only the third party single sign-on authentication.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- providing, by a service, a first mechanism by which users of the service may sign on to the service using native authentication of the service;
- providing, by the service, a second mechanism by which users of the service may sign on to the service using a third-party single-sign-on provider;
- enabling an administrator of each team of a plurality of teams to access and use a tool to specify which sign-on options, of a plurality of sign-on options made available by the service, are assigned to members of the team to which the administrator belongs;
- wherein the plurality of sign-on options include at least:
- a first sign-on option in which either the first mechanism or the second mechanism may be used, and
- a second sign-on option in which only the second mechanism may be used;
- wherein the plurality of teams includes a particular team with a particular member;
- upon successful authentication of the particular member using the second mechanism, automatically assigning the second sign-on option to the particular member.
A computing system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions configured for:
- providing, by a service, a first mechanism by which users of the service may sign on to the service using native authentication of the service;
- providing, by the service, a second mechanism by which users of the service may sign on to the service using a third-party single-sign-on provider;
- enabling an administrator of each team of a plurality of teams to access and use a tool to specify which sign-on options, of a plurality of sign-on options made available by the service, are assigned to members of the team to which the administrator belongs;
- wherein the plurality of sign-on options include at least:
- a first sign-on option in which either the first mechanism or the second mechanism may be used, and
- a second sign-on option in which only the second mechanism may be used;
- wherein the plurality of teams includes a particular team with a particular member;
- upon successful authentication of the particular member using the second mechanism, automatically assigning the second sign-on option to the particular member.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause:
- providing, by a service, a first mechanism by which users of the service may sign on to the service using native authentication of the service;
- providing, by the service, a second mechanism by which users of the service may sign on to the service using a third-party single-sign-on provider;
- enabling an administrator of each team of a plurality of teams to access and use a tool to specify which sign-on options, of a plurality of sign-on options made available by the service, are assigned to members of the team to which the administrator belongs;
- wherein the plurality of sign-on options include at least:
- a first sign-on option in which either the first mechanism or the second mechanism may be used, and
- a second sign-on option in which only the second mechanism may be used;
- wherein the plurality of teams includes a particular team with a particular member;
- upon successful authentication of the particular member using the second mechanism, automatically assigning the second sign-on option to the particular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.