Method and apparatus for converting authentication-tokens to facilitate interactions between applications

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for converting authentication-tokens, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a bridge, a command-execution request from a first application, wherein the command-execution request specifies a command to be executed by a second application and includes a first authentication-token that is created by the first application based on a user authenticating to the first application;
• verifying the first authentication-token at the bridge;
• translating the first authentication-token to a form associated with the second application to produce a second authentication-token, wherein the second authentication-token is in a form different than the first authentication-token;
• modifying the command-execution request by replacing the first authentication-token with the second authentication-token to create a modified command-execution request;
• and
• sending the modified command-execution request to the second application,
• wherein the command-execution request includes a target Uniform Resource Locator (URL) which specifies a location of the second application, a second authentication-token type which specifies a form of the second authentication-token, a user identifier for a user who is associated with the first authentication-token, and payload data for the second application.

An apparatus that converts authentication-tokens, comprising:

• a receiving mechanism configured to receive, at a bridge, a command-execution request from a first application, wherein the command-execution request specifies a command to be executed by a second application and includes a first authentication-token that is created by the first application based on a user authenticating to the first application;
• a verification mechanism configured to verify the first authentication token at the bridge;
• a translation mechanism configured to translate the first authentication-token to a form associated with the second application to produce a second authentication-token, wherein the second authentication-token is in a form different than the first authentication-token;
• a modification mechanism configured to modify the command-execution request by replacing the first authentication-token with the second authentication-token to create a modified command-execution request;
• and
• a sending mechanism configured to send the modified command-execution request to the second application,
• wherein the command-execution request includes a target Uniform Resource Locator (URL) which specifies a location of the second application, a second authentication-token type which specifies a form of the second authentication-token, a user identifier for a user who is associated with the first authentication-token, and payload data for the second application.