Secure authorization systems and methods
AssigneeIntertrust Technologies Corporation
InventorsPeng YANG, Jiahua GONG, Chitai Kenny HUANG
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Abstract
Systems and methods for secure user authentication are described. In certain embodiments, a client device such as a smartphone may be provisioned with a secure key and/or other secret information. The client device may be used to generate unique secure tokens and/or other credentials used in connection with an authentication processes. A user may provide the generated tokens and/or other credentials to a service provider in connection with a request to access a managed service. The validity of the generated tokens and/or other credentials may be verified by an authentication service in communication with the service provider.
Claims11
A method performed by a system for authenticating the right of a user to access a managed resource, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a service provider system associated with a managed resource, authentication credentials provided to the service provider system by the user, the authentication credentials comprising a first secure token generated by a client device associated with the user;
- retrieving, based on the authentication credentials, a first secure key;
- generating, based on the first secure key, a second secure token;
- comparing the first secure token with the second secure token;
- generating an authentication result based on a result of the comparison;
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- transmitting the authentication result to the service provider system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.