Patent ID: 9058481
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for security token based user authentication in a mufti-tenanted application, the method being performed by one or more processors and comprising: receiving an access request from a user to access at least one user account associated with a first tenant in the multi-tenanted application; in response to receiving the access request, obtaining a security token for the user from a Security Token Service (STS) system; determining a plurality of user accounts associated with the security token, the plurality of user accounts including the at least one user account, the at least one user account being a default user account among the plurality of user accounts, wherein the plurality of user accounts is associated with a respective plurality of tenants of the multi-tenanted application; providing the user with access to the plurality of the user accounts in the mufti-tenanted application; displaying context of the at least one user account, associated with the first tenant, based on the at least one user account being the default user account; and in response to a user selection, switching context from the default user account to a second user account, associated with a second tenant of the multi-tenanted application, among the plurality of user accounts.