Patent ID: 8875307
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing network identities, the method comprising: generating, with a local computing system, a tree structure representing a network comprising a plurality of entities, the tree structure comprising a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes representing an entity of the plurality of entities, at least one entity of the plurality of entities is represented by more than one node of the plurality of nodes; assigning a unique identifier to the each node, wherein assigning a unique identifier to the each node comprises: identifying the each node of the plurality of nodes as being a protected node or an unprotected node, wherein a mapping of each unique identifier to information about the entity associated with the each node associated with the unique identifier is maintained in memory; and transmitting, to a remote computing system, the tree structure, the unique identifiers for the protected nodes, and identity information of the entities for the unprotected nodes.