Patent ID: 8813197
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method that is adapted to executed by a processor to perform the method, comprising: intercepting a communication sent from an application on a first server that is directed to a second server, the application is a legacy application not enabled with identity processing and the application unaware of interaction occurring with an identity service and the legacy application lacks the ability to communicate over a network using network communication associated with the identity processing; collecting information as metrics on the first server to uniquely identify the communication and the application and to assign a unique identity; passing the information to an identity service, wherein the identity service subsequently assigns the unique identity for the communication using the information collected and provides validation services for the identity when the second server receives the communication from the application and before the second server processes the communication, and the identity is a unique verifiable identity specific to the communication based on the information collected; and releasing the communication from the first server to the second server.