Patent ID: 8539594
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for managing identity information, comprising: a contract detail manager managing details of an identity information sharing contract made between a user and an identity provider (IdP) wanting to provide identity information about the user and updating or deleting the details of the sharing contract stored in the contract detail storage; an IdP selector selecting an IdP capable of providing the identity information about the user based on the details of the sharing contract when a request for the identity information about the user is input from an identity consumer (IdC); and an information provider obtaining information according to the identity information request from the selected IdP, and providing the obtained information to the IdC, wherein when two or more IdPs capable of providing the identity information about the user are selected, the IdP selector selects one of the IdPs selected by the user.