Patent ID: 11924212
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A computer-implemented method of providing access control to distributed resources, the method comprising:
receiving, at a device coupled to an information handling system, a request for access to the resource;
providing, by the device, an authentication request to an authentication system, wherein the device provides the authentication request through the information handling system to the authentication system;
in response to the authentication request, providing, by the authentication system, an authentication challenge to the information handling system;
receiving, at the authentication system and in response to the authentication challenge, user credentials at the authentication system;
verifying, at the authentication system, the user credentials;
providing, based on the verified user credentials, an authorization token to the device, wherein the authorization token is provided through the information handling system to the device; and
allocating, based on the authorization token, access to the device to the information handling system.