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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2006
Atul Vijay Tulshibagwale, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gregory Ryan Whitehead, Austin, TX (US);
Atul Vijay Tulshibagwale, Cupertino, CA (US);
Gregory Ryan Whitehead, Austin, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment relates to a method of managing trust relationships between federated identity and service providers. An assertion of a user identity is received from an identity provider via a first federation protocol, wherein a destination service provider is indicated with the assertion. Permission of the user identity to access the destination service provider is verified. If permission is verified, the user identity is asserted to the destination service provider via a second federation protocol. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.