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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
May. 11, 2004
Avelina Pardo-blazquez, Madrid, ES;
Fuencisla Garcia Azorero, Madrid, ES;
Maria Esther Bas Sanchez, Madrid, ES;
Avelina Pardo-Blazquez, Madrid, ES;
Fuencisla Garcia Azorero, Madrid, ES;
Maria Esther Bas Sanchez, Madrid, ES;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Method, apparatus and computer program for providing access to identity services of users. A Discovery Service DS server () stores for a set of users references (ROA,ROnB) of identity services (IDSRV-A,IDSRV-B) available for them and usable to contact respectively with the Service Providers SPs () hosting each of said identity services. For a given identity service not yet registered for a given user, the DS server selects a SP () that is able to provide it, and stores a new resource offering (ROX) that corresponds to the registration of said identity service. For selecting the appropriate SP, the DS server can check a service capability storage (-) that comprises information about what identity service(s) can be provided by a given SP, and which can be dynamically updated from SPs with the identity services they respectively support. The DS server can contact the user to collect SP preferences and/or service data.