Patent ID: 9300653
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of authenticating an entity, comprising: receiving, by an authentication component of a RESTful service, a service request from an entity agent; redirecting, by the authentication component, the entity agent to a relying party; redirecting, by the relying party, the entity agent to an identity provider, wherein the identity provider authenticates the entity using entity-supplied information; accepting, by the relying party, a service ticket and a SAML assertion from the identity provider; sending, by the relying party, the service ticket to the authentication component, wherein the sending is via the entity agent through an HTTP redirect; and retrieving, by the authentication component, entity-related information from the relying party, wherein the retrieved entity-related information is encoded in the SAML assertion and transferred via a back channel.