Patent ID: 8561172

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a client ( 105 ); a card selector ( 205 ) on the client ( 105 ); a receiver ( 210 ) on the client ( 105 ) to receive a security policy ( 150 ) from a relying party ( 130 ); a transmitter ( 215 ) to transmit a security token ( 160 ) to said relying party ( 130 ); at least one virtual information card policy ( 230 ) accessible from the client ( 105 ); and a virtual information card definer ( 235 ) to define at least one virtual information card ( 315 ) using the at least one virtual information card policy ( 230 ) and said security policy ( 150 ), where no existing information card ( 220 ) accessible from the card selector ( 205 ) can satisfy said security policy ( 150 ).