Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Identity provider instance discovery
- Patent Title (中): 身份提供者实例发现
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Application No.: US12959413Application Date: 2010-12-03
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Publication No.: US08832271B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Richard James McCarty
- Applicant: Richard James McCarty
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Jeffrey S. LaBaw; David H. Judson
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F9/50 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
An identity provider instance is discovered upon receipt from a service provider (or from a discovery service to which the service provider redirects the user) of a request for an IdP instance. Preferably, the request for an IdP instance is received as a Web services request following receipt at the service provider of an end user client request to access an application. In response to receiving the request, an IdP instance is selected, preferably using one or more criteria, such as user proximity, instance load, instance availability, the existence of a prior IdP binding, or the like. Following the selection, a response to the request is generated and returned to the requesting service provider. Preferably, the response is a redirect to the selected IdP instance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120144034A1 Method and system for identity provider instance discovery Public/Granted day:2012-06-07
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