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US 7,454,623 B2Granted
Distributed hierarchical identity management system authentication mechanisms
AssigneeBlame Canada Holdings Inc.
InventorDick C. Hardt
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Abstract
A set of methods, and systems, for use in an identity management system are disclosed herein. A modular user identity information datastore using hardware accelerated encryption for user data security operates in a network for receiving requests for, and issuing responses containing user information including third party accredited assertions.
Claims14
A homesite appliance for managing user identity information, the homesite appliance comprising:
- a request processor for receiving requests for the user identity information from an external system, for authenticating a user associated with the user identity information and for obtaining authorization from the authenticated user to release the requested user identity information, for extracting the requested user identity information from a schema containing the user identity information, and for transmitting the extracted user identity information to the external system upon receipt of user authorization;
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- an authoritative site interface for obtaining and refreshing third party assertions associated with the user identity information, and for associating the obtained and refreshed assertions with the schema.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.