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US 2022/0019652 A1Published application
Flexible credential supported software service provisioning
AssigneeSnyk Canada Inc.
InventorsJevon MacDonald, James Bowes
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Abstract
Provisioning of resources to service consumers using flexible credentials scoped to enable the permissible uses of the resources. The credentials are not tied to a specific user, and can be shared among users, e.g., the credentials can be transferred, moved, pointed, or allocated to users collaborating on a particular project.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a service exchange platform from a service consumer, a request for an account for purchasing resources offered by a plurality of service providers and for managing provisioning of the resources;
- creating, by the service exchange platform, an account for the service consumer;
- sending, by the service exchange platform to a particular service provider of the plurality of service providers, a request for credentials for accessing one or more resources purchased by the service consumer from the particular service provider;
- receiving, by the service exchange platform from the particular service provider, the credentials for accessing the one or more resources;
- providing, by the service exchange platform to the service consumer, the credentials for accessing the one or more resources;
- wherein the credentials for accessing the one or more resources are user-independent and capable of being shared among multiple users.
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A system comprising:
- a service exchange platform configured to:
- receive from a service consumer a request for an account for purchasing resources offered by a plurality of service providers and for managing provisioning of the resources;
- create an account for the service consumer;
- send to a particular service provider of the plurality of service providers a request for credentials for accessing one or more resources purchased by the service consumer from the particular service provider;
- receive from the particular service provider the credentials for accessing the one or more resources;
- provide to the service consumer the credentials for accessing the one or more resources;
- wherein the credentials for accessing the one or more resources are user-independent and capable of being shared among multiple users.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.