Patent ID: 11882120
Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A computing system operating as an identity intermediary, comprising:
a storage device;
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory, computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:
control receive a request to access a first service of a plurality of services of a network from a principal, wherein the request comprises a service identifier of the first service;
store, in the storage device, the service identifier of the first service;
send an unsigned credential of the principal and a principal identifier to a credential provider;
receive the credential signed by the credential provider and the principal identifier, wherein the signed credential indicates validation of the credential;
upon receiving the signed credential and principal identifier, look up the principal identifier in the storage device to determine the service identifier of the first service; and
send the signed credential to a service provider providing the first service for authentication.