Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, systems, and media for authenticating users using multiple services
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Application No.: US15032940Application Date: 2014-08-07
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Publication No.: US10367797B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Angelos D. Keromytis , Elias Athanasopoulos , Georgios Kontaxis , Georgios Portokalidis
- Applicant: Angelos D. Keromytis , Elias Athanasopoulos , Georgios Kontaxis , Georgios Portokalidis
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Current Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Byrne Poh LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2014/050205 WO 20140807
- International Announcement: WO2015/047555 WO 20150402
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and media for automatically authenticating a user account using multiple services are provided. In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, methods for authenticating a user using multiple services are provided, the methods comprising: receiving, from a client device, first credentials for a target service account; authenticating the target service account based on the first credentials; issuing a redirecting request that directs the client device to at least one vouching service in response to authenticating the target service account; receiving a vouching response indicating that the client device has authenticated a vouching service account with the at least one vouching service, wherein the vouching response includes a vouching token; and providing the client device with access to the target service account in response to determining that the vouching service account is associated with the target service account.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160255067A1 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR AUTHENTICATING USERS USING MULTIPLE SERVICES Public/Granted day:2016-09-01
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