Patent ID: 8689287
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A federated credentialing system in which a plurality of credential issuers interact with a plurality of relying parties to provide system users with access to protected resources within the system, the system being executed on a computer including a memory and a processor, the system comprising: a relying party federated domain server including means for identifying users and authenticating user access credentials using the processor; a credential issuer domain server including means for verifying user identities and access credentials using the processor, wherein the access credentials comprise a single homeland security presidential directive 12(HSPD-12) compliant smart card that includes a signature panel to obtain an actual signature from a user, and wherein the single HSPD-12 compliant smart card are operative to provide user access to both logical and physical protected resources of the relying party; and a federated trust broker in communication with the relying party and credential issuer federated domain servers, wherein the trust broker receives authorization requests from the relying party, routes the received requests to the credential issuer and receives in return authorization responses from the credential issuer and routes the responses to the relying party, and wherein the relying party grants users access to the physical and the logical protected resources based on information contained in the responses.