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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2003
Bhavna Bhatnagar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ping Luo, Union City, CA (US);
Qingwen Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Shivaram Bhat, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hong Xu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Wei Sun, Los Altos, CA (US);
Aravindan Ranganathan, San Jose, CA (US);
Bhavna Bhatnagar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ping Luo, Union City, CA (US);
Qingwen Cheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Shivaram Bhat, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hong Xu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Wei Sun, Los Altos, CA (US);
Aravindan Ranganathan, San Jose, CA (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a circle of trust on a network. The circle of trust is configured by exchanging credential of a first and a second affiliated entity. The credentials of the first affiliated entity is stored in a trusted partner list of the second affiliated entity. The credentials of the second affiliated entity is stored in a trusted partner list of the first affiliated entity. Thereafter, a circle of trust session may be provided when a client device initiates use of a resource on a relying party device by providing an authentication assertion reference. The identity of the issuing party of the authentication is determined as a function of the authentication assertion reference. The relying party sends an authentication query containing its credential to the issuing party. The issuing party determines if the relying party is a trusted entity based upon whether the relying party's credential is contained in the trusted partner list of the issuing party.