US 8,898,765 B2 · Signing off from multiple domains accessible using single sign-on

Abstract

An aspect of the present invention simplifies signing-off from multiple domains. In an embodiment, upon receiving a sign-off request from a user signed-on to multiple domains, the user is signed-off from at least two, but not all, the signed-on domains in due course. According to another aspect, the domains of an enterprise are organized as groups of domains. In response to receiving a request for signing-off from a first domain, the user is signed-off from each of a group of domains corresponding to the first domain (in addition to the first domain). In an embodiment, an administrator of the enterprise specifies a master domain for each group, to facilitate identification of the group to be signed-off. According to another aspect, a user selects a set of domains to sign-off from. The user is signed-off from only the selected set of domains.

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Dependent claims

A method of signing-off a user from multiple domains, said method comprising:

receiving a sign-off request from said user at a first time instance, wherein said user is signed-on to a plurality of domains when said sign-off request is received at said first time instance, wherein said user is signed-on to said plurality of domains by virtue of a single sign on (SSO),
said plurality of domains comprising at least three domains including a first domain and a second domain such that said user is enabled to access resources in both of said first domain and said second domain prior to said first time instance;
signing-off said user out of at least two, but not all, of said plurality of domains in due course by a second time instance upon completion of processing of said sign-off request,
wherein said user is signed-off of said first domain but not signed-off of said second domain by said second time instance;
and
continuing to permit said user to access resources of said second domain, but not of said first domain, after said second time instance.

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A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for causing a system to sign-off a user from multiple domains, wherein execution of said one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in said system causes said system to perform the actions of:

receiving a sign-off request from said user at a first time instance, wherein said user is signed-on to a plurality of domains at said first time instance such that said user is enabled to access resources in each of said plurality of domains prior to said first time instance, wherein said plurality of domains comprises at least three domains, wherein said user is signed-on to said plurality of domains using single sign on (SSO);
and
signing-off said user out of at least two, but not all, of said plurality of domains in due course by a second time instance upon completion of processing of said sign-off request,
wherein said user is permitted to access resources of domains not signed off after said second time instance.

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A digital processing system comprising:

a processor;
a random access memory (RAM);
a machine readable medium to store one or more instructions when retrieved into said RAM and executed by said processor causes said digital processing system to perform the actions of:
receiving a sign-off request from said user at a first time instance, wherein said user is signed-on to a plurality of domains at said first time instance such that said user is enabled to access resources in each of said plurality of domains prior to said first time instance, wherein said user is signed-on to said plurality of domains by virtue of a single sign on (SSO), wherein said plurality of domains comprises at least three domains;
and
signing-off said user out of at least two, but not all, of said plurality of domains in due course by a second time instance upon completion of processing of said sign-off request,
wherein said user is permitted to access resources of domains not signed off after said second time instance.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Signing off from multiple domains accessible using single sign-on

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