Patent ID: 9137234
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a certificate for certificate based network access comprising: receiving from a third party at least one predefined permission to act on behalf of a user within a first system having at least one processor as criteria for receiving a certificate for certificate based network access upon a second system; querying the first system having a plurality of users to determine permissions, which enable the second system to act on behalf of a user within the first system, granted to a second system by at least a first subset of users of the plurality of users; and in response to at least one permission granted by a user in the first subset correlating to the at least one predefined permission, providing the user with a certificate with at least one characteristic for certificate based network access on the second system, the certificate provided from a system other than the first system and the second system distinct from the first system; wherein the permission is selected from the group consisting of: permission to read the user's data upon the first system, permission to communicate with users within the first system on behalf of the user, permission to manipulate the user's data upon the first system, permission to perform action on behalf of the user within the first system.