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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
Mehul K. Shah, Aurora, CO (US);
Austin Lorenzo, Dallas, TX (US);
Ruchir Rodrigues, Irving, TX (US);
Paul Bolduc, Tampa, FL (US);
Srinivas Anumala, Irving, TX (US);
Vishnu Goyal, Irving, TX (US);
Mehul K. Shah, Aurora, CO (US);
Austin Lorenzo, Dallas, TX (US);
Ruchir Rodrigues, Irving, TX (US);
Paul Bolduc, Tampa, FL (US);
Srinivas Anumala, Irving, TX (US);
Vishnu Goyal, Irving, TX (US);
Verizon Services Corp., Ashburn, VA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method includes () receiving a web service request for a particular web service, along with user identification credentials, from a web service subscriber, the request and the credentials being received into a service agent of a web service publisher, () determining whether the credentials are cached in the service agent, and further, whether the credentials are valid, () in response to a determination that the credentials are not cached in the service agent, initiating a security service to authorize the web service subscriber to access the particular web service, () in response to a determination that the credentials are cached in the service agent and are invalid, responding to the web service subscriber with an error message, and () in response to a determination that the credentials are cached in the service agent and are valid, passing the web service request to the particular web service for access.