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Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Miki Ishikawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Yuji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/41 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/41 (2013.01); G06F 21/445 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes, for a first user having been authenticated on a first application with a first user identification (ID) using a first ID federation between the first application and a federation server, determining that the first user is authorized to access information of a second user on a second application based on the first user ID, the second user being associated with a second user ID, and sending a second authentication request for authenticating the first user to the second application with the second user ID using a second ID federation between the federation server and the second application.


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