Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Decentralized identities for cross-enterprise authentication and/or authorization
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Application No.: US15660335Application Date: 2017-07-26
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Publication No.: US10587413B1Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Stephen Todd , Mark A. O'Connell
- Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Agency: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L29/06 ; G06Q10/10

Abstract:
At least one identity for a given entity of a first enterprise is established in accordance with a decentralized identity management system maintained in accordance with a distributed ledger. The identity of the given entity of the first enterprise and a set of attributes relating to the identity are defined by at least one cryptographically signed token file. The cryptographically signed token file is referenced in the distributed ledger enabling a second enterprise to authenticate and/or authorize the given entity in accordance with at least one of the set of attributes.
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