Patent ID: 11947657
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 14, wherein the program instructions configure the identity manager to perform:
retrieving from a data store, in response to another request to assume another alternative identity, a policy that corresponds to the other alternative identity, wherein the stored policy comprises:
a policy name,
one or more target resources or services,
specification of whether a persistent source value is required for the other alternative identity,
specification of a format for the persistent source value, and
one or more permissions for accessing the one or more target resources or services using the other alternative identity;

determining, based on the policy, to grant the other request; and
responding to the other request with credentials for the other requested alternative identity, wherein the credentials include the persistent source value according to the format specified in the policy.