Patent ID: 8745718
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing entity-related information, comprising: receiving, at a relying party, a request for entity-related information, the request being from a RESTful service authentication component, wherein an entity agent is redirected from the RESTful service authentication component to the relying party; redirecting the entity agent by the relying party to an identity provider; authenticating an entity to the identity provider using entity-supplied information; retrieving the entity-related information; returning, by the relying party, a service ticket to the RESTful service authentication component, wherein the service ticket is returned by redirecting the entity agent to the RESTful service authentication component; receiving, at the relying party using a back channel, a validate service ticket request associated with the request for the entity-related information; and returning, using the back channel, the entity-related information associated with the validate service ticket request.