Patent ID: 8555351
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implementable method for authenticating a user to a data source, comprising: receiving a request to provide information on behalf of a user; requesting the submission of user authentication credentials in a desired format; receiving the requested user authentication credentials, the user authentication credentials generated in the desired format by a security token service; validating the received user authentication credentials with the security token service, the validation performed by a back-end service; and providing the requested information, the providing being based on successfully validating the received user authentication credentials; and wherein the receiving a request to provide information is to an intermediary; the receiving the requested user authentication credentials is from the intermediary; and, the providing the requested information is to the intermediary; and wherein the intermediary comprises a mashup, the mashup combining content in various formats and from multiple sources for presentation as a Web page.