Patent ID: 9111079
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a system comprising a network application and a client device, the method comprising acts of: receiving, by a device state token service that has a trust relationship with the network application, a notification from the network application, the notification indicating that the client device attempts to access the network application; providing, by the device state token service, a request for information to the client device in response to receiving the notification; receiving, by the device state token service, information from the client device describing a characteristic and/or state of the client device in response to the request, the device state token service also having a pre-existing trust relationship with the client device, the pre-existing trust relationship indicating that the client device trusts the device state token service to issue device claims to the client device; processing the information to generate first device claims, which describe at least one of one or more characteristics of the client device or a state of the client device, to be issued to the client device; and issuing the first device claims to the client device.