Integrated hosted directory
AssigneeJumpCloud, Inc.
InventorsRajat Bhargava, James Brown, Christopher Marie
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for enterprise-wide management of disparate devices, applications, and users are described. A cloud-based central server may maintain an integrated hosted directory, which may allow user authentication, authorization, and management of information technology (IT) resources across device types, operating systems, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) and on-premises applications. IT resources for multiple and separate customers may be managed from a single, central directory, and servers may be brought online to allow access to the directory according to system loading.
Claims20
A method for information technology (IT) resource management, comprising:
- receiving, from a device that manages a directory that comprises a mapping between a plurality of users of a plurality of organizations and a plurality of IT resources, a portion of the directory, wherein the portion of the directory comprises references to a set of IT resources of the plurality of IT resources associated with an organization of the plurality of organizations;
- authenticating, using the portion of the directory, a user of the organization for access to an IT resource of the set of IT resources, wherein the portion of the directory comprises references to the IT resource that comprise a permission for the user of the organization to access the IT resource;
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- providing, to the IT resource based at least in part on authenticating the user of the organization, an indication that the user of the organization is assigned the permission.
A method for information technology (IT) resource management, comprising:
- receiving, from a first device that manages a directory that comprises a mapping between a plurality of user devices of a plurality of organizations and a plurality of IT resources, a portion of the directory, wherein the portion of the directory comprises references to a set of IT resources of the plurality of IT resources associated with an organization of the plurality of organizations;
- authenticating, using the portion of the directory, a user device of the organization for access to an IT resource of the set of IT resources, wherein the portion of the directory comprises references to the IT resource that comprise a permission for the user device of the organization to access the IT resource;
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- providing, to the IT resource based at least in part on authenticating the user device of the organization, an indication that the user device of the organization is assigned the permission.
A system for information technology (IT) resource management, the system comprising:
- a first hardware-implemented device comprising a directory that comprises a mapping between a plurality of users of a plurality of organizations and a plurality of IT resources, a plurality of user devices of the plurality of organizations and the plurality of IT resources, or both, wherein a portion of the directory comprises references to a set of IT resources of the plurality of IT resources associated with an organization of the plurality of organizations;
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- a second hardware-implemented device that is configured to:
- receive, from the first hardware-implemented device, the portion of the directory, wherein the portion of the directory comprises references to an IT resource of the set of IT resources, the references to the IT resource comprising a first permission for a user of the organization to access the IT resource, a second permission for a user device of the organization to access the IT resource, or both;
- authenticate, using the portion of the directory, the user or the user device for access to the IT resource;
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- provide, to the IT resource based at least in part on authenticating the user of the organization or the user device of the organization, an indication that the user is assigned the first permission, the user device is assigned the second permission, or both.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.