Patent ID: 8984589
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for managing a plurality of cloud user accounts, the system comprising: a credential repository configured to manage access to a plurality of disparate tiers of cloud account services, the credential repository comprising: wherein a first tier of the plurality of disparate tiers of cloud account services is accessible to authorized users according to a first identification protocol and comprises account administration services for a plurality of user accounts with a plurality of cloud providers, the account administrative services comprising functionality for tracking billing for the plurality of user accounts as a single account comprising a plurality of separate threads, each thread of the plurality of separate threads corresponding to a user account of the plurality of user accounts, further wherein a second tier of the plurality of disparate tiers of cloud account services is accessible to the plurality of user accounts according to a second identification protocol, the second tier of cloud account services comprising access to a plurality of cloud computing resources via a cloud portal shared among the plurality of user accounts, the second identification protocol not being equivalent to the first identification protocol.