Patent ID: 7853995
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: forming, by a processor of a client device configured to communicate with other devices via a network, a bundled request, for communication to an authentication service over a network, the bundled request is configured according to an extended web service trust protocol that comprises a web service trust protocol for token requests that is extended with syntax that permits a request for a certificate, such that the extended web service trust protocol supports bundled requests for a token and a certificate, and the bundled request comprises a request for a token to prove identity at any of a plurality of service providers and a request for a certificate to establish secure communications; receiving, by the client device, the token and the certificate in response to the bundled request; and establishing, by the client device, secure communications for secure data sharing between the client device and a different client device using the received certificate with another certificate of the different client device.