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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2010
Applicants:

Gaurav S. Anand, Seattle, WA (US);

Kevin Michael Woley, Seattle, WA (US);

Matthew R. Ayers, Seattle, WA (US);

Rajeev Dutt, Redmond, WA (US);

Eric Fleischman, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Gaurav S. Anand, Seattle, WA (US);

Kevin Michael Woley, Seattle, WA (US);

Matthew R. Ayers, Seattle, WA (US);

Rajeev Dutt, Redmond, WA (US);

Eric Fleischman, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This document describes various techniques for distributing credentials based on hardware profiles. A resource access request including a hardware profile is transmitted to a remote entity having access to a previous hardware profile and a credential useful to access a resource is received if at least a portion of the hardware profile matches the previous hardware profile.


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