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US 9,432,371 B2Granted
Hybrid cloud identity mapping infrastructure
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorRichard Sinn
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Abstract
In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method for providing a hybrid cloud computing environment are disclosed. For example, a system may authorize an enterprise user based on an enterprise identity. Once authenticated, embodiments may use mapping data and a cloud role to determine an identity to use when the enterprise user accesses a cloud.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a hybrid identity mapper implemented by the at least one processor and configured to:
- access an enterprise identity, usable in an internal cloud of an enterprise, the enterprise identity stored as an entry in a directory of the internal cloud under a first distinguished name;
- map the first distinguished name to a second distinguished name in a directory of at least one external cloud;
- and
- an administration server configured to, based on the mapping between the first distinguished name to the second distinguished name, allow a user of the enterprise identity to access the at least one external cloud using an external identity comprising the second distinguished name.
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A method, comprising:
- storing an enterprise identity usable in an internal cloud of an enterprise as an entry in a directory of the internal cloud under a first distinguished name;
- mapping, by a hardware processor, the first distinguished name to a second distinguished name in a directory of the at least one external cloud;
- and
- based on the mapping, allowing a user of the enterprise identity to access the external cloud using an external identity comprising the second distinguished name.
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A machine-readable storage medium having no transitory signals and storing a set of instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:
- storing an enterprise identity usable in an internal cloud of an enterprise as an entry in a directory of the internal cloud under a first distinguished name;
- mapping, by a hardware processor, the first distinguished name to a second distinguished name in a directory of the at least one external cloud;
- and
- based on the mapping, allowing a user of the enterprise identity to access the external cloud using an external identity comprising the second distinguished name.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.