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Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021

Filed:

May. 04, 2016
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory Branchek Roth, Seattle, WA (US);

Graeme David Baer, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/14 (2013.01); H04L 9/3213 (2013.01); H04L 63/0807 (2013.01); H04L 2463/062 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method wherein an authentication request to verify authentication information submitted to a first system in connection with a first request submitted to the first system is received from the first system. A response to the authentication request is generated that includes information usable by a second system to make, without communicating with the authentication system, based at least in part on the information and one or more cryptographic processes, a determination whether fulfillment of a second request from the first system is allowable under authority of the authentication system, with the determination being based at least in part on policy information included in the information that specifies one or more policies applicable to an identity that is associated with the first request. The response generated is provided to the first system.


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