Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Home realm discovery with flat-name usernames
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Application No.: US16507099Application Date: 2019-07-10
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Publication No.: US11552947B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Ariel Gordon , Paul Garner , Rachel Anne Brown Teller
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H04L9/40
- IPC: H04L9/40 ; H04L12/28

Abstract:
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for automatically determining a home realm. An authentication request receiver interface may receive a request to access a resource and a device identifier from a client device. An authenticator may be enacted in response to receiving the request to access the resource that includes a home realm discoverer and an authentication user interface (UI) provider. The home realm discoverer may determine, based at least on the device identifier, the home realm from a plurality of realms. The authentication UI provider may provide, to the client device, an authentication UI via which a flat-name username can be submitted. Based at least on a flat-name user name and the determined home realm, access to the resource may be granted. In this manner, a user may input a flat-name username during sign-in, rather than inputting a realm or an entire e-mail address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210014224A1 HOME REALM DISCOVERY WITH FLAT-NAME USERNAMES Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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