Authorizing Access by a Third Party to a Service from a Service Provider

A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying program code executable by a processor, the program code comprising:

• program code for identifying a shared service from a plurality of services provided by a server system, wherein the shared service is specified by an authorizing entity;
• program code for associating a credential with the shared service and the authorizing entity;
• program code for receiving a request from a requesting entity to access the shared service, wherein the requesting entity is separate from the authorizing entity;
• program code for verifying that the request includes the credential and that the credential is associated with the shared service and the authorizing entity;
• and
• program code for providing access to the shared service to the requesting entity based on verifying that the request includes the credential, wherein the requesting entity is restricted to accessing the shared service identified by the credential as authorized by the authorizing entity.

A server system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor;
• wherein the processor is configured to execute program instructions embodied in the non-transitory computer-readable to perform operations comprising:
• identifying a shared service from a plurality of services provided by the server system, wherein the shared service is specified by an authorizing entity;
• associating a credential with the shared service and the authorizing entity;
• receiving a request from a requesting entity to access the shared service, wherein the requesting entity is separate from the authorizing entity;
• verifying that the request includes the credential and that the credential is associated with the shared service and the authorizing entity;
• and
• providing access to the shared service to the requesting entity based on verifying that the request includes the credential, wherein the requesting entity is restricted to accessing the shared service identified by the credential as authorized by the authorizing entity.