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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Jeffrey B. Parham, Redmond, WA (US);
Brendan Dixon, Sammamish, WA (US);
Murli Satagopan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Richard Bruce Ward, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey B. Parham, Redmond, WA (US);
Brendan Dixon, Sammamish, WA (US);
Murli Satagopan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Richard Bruce Ward, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An improved network architecture employs a super authority having an identity catalog to direct login authentication tasks to appropriate authorities. Authentication tasks may be performed by authorities across namespace boundaries if so directed by the super authority, such that a principal account may be moved without alteration of the account ID. In an embodiment of the invention, the identity catalog comprises a listing associating account IDs with appropriate authenticating authorities.