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US 2010/0251353 A1Published application
User-authorized information card delegation
AssigneeNovell, Inc.
InventorAndrew A. Hodgkinson
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Abstract
A system can include an authorization token provided by a user, the authorization token specifying user identification information to be made accessible by an information card host to a relying party, an information card stored at the information card host, and an identity token generated or requested by the information card host in response to a request for identity token from the relying party.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- an authorization token provided by a user, wherein the authorization token comprises relying party access information specifying user identification information to be made accessible by an information card host to a relying party;
- an information card stored at the information card host, wherein the information card comprises the user identification information;
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- an identity token provided by the information card host in response to a request for identity token from the relying party, wherein the identity token is based at least in part on the authorization token, and wherein the identity token comprises the user identification information.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- storing an information card at an information card host, wherein the information card comprises identity information pertaining to a user;
- receiving an authorization token for a relying party at the information card host, wherein the authorization token specifies a granting of access privileges to at least a portion of the identity information by the user;
- receiving from the relying party a request for an identity token at the information card host;
- generating an identity token at the information card host, wherein the identity token is based on the authorization token, and wherein the identity token comprises the identity information of the user;
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- transmitting the identity token to the relying party.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.