Patent ID: 8196191
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a computing system environment, a method of coordinating user credentials across multiple disparate credential stores, comprising: determining credential information for at least two of said multiple disparate credential stores; commonly formatting said credential information for displaying to a user via a common interface, without altering a format of said credential information in the at least two said multiple disparate credential stores; by the user, indicating via the common interface various user credentials of the commonly formatted said credential information for synchronizing; by the user, linking via the common interface at least a portion of the various user credentials of the at least two of said multiple disparate credential stores indicated for synchronizing; determining updated credential information for the at least two of said multiple disparate credential stores; commonly formatting said updated credential information; and if the updated credential information and the credential information differ, updating the various linked user credentials of the at least two of said multiple disparate credential stores with the received updated credential information.