Patent ID: 9450946
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing a unified access to non-federated systems, the method including: storing a plurality of sets of user credentials for a plurality of remote computer applications in a central repository accessible via an interoperability network, wherein the plurality of remote computer applications are non-federated entities that do not share a common federated identity verification protocol; receiving an interoperability network credential that authorizes a user to use the plurality of remote computer applications and access the stored plurality of sets of the user credentials; wherein an intermediary service coupled to the interoperability network receives a request to perform, on behalf of the user, a particular task that requires access to and task performance by a particular remote computer application from the plurality of remote computer applications; verifying that the intermediary service has authorization to act on behalf of the user in obtaining authorized access to and task performance by the particular remote computer application; and upon verification of authorization, automatically supplying the intermediary service particular user credentials for the particular remote computer application from the central repository.