Patent ID: 8046823
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a bridge server, a login request from one of a plurality of users, wherein each of said plurality of users are associated with a same entity and each have respective user credentials; validating, by said bridge server, user credentials of said user requesting said login; identifying, by said bridge server, a secure application account of said entity that is associated with at least one secure application; determining, by said bridge server, entity credentials that grant the entity certain rights to said entity's secure application account; mapping, by said bridge server, said user credentials to said entity credentials; and managing, by said bridge server, interaction of said user with said at least one secure application for performing activity involving use of the secure application account on behalf of said entity, wherein said managing comprises providing at least one value-added service not available from unmapped use of the entity credentials, and said managing further comprises storing status data indicating current usage by said plurality of users of the secure application account.