Patent Document ID: 8291468
Application ID: 12475230

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, with an authentication device, authentication information from an endpoint device; authenticating, with the authentication device, the endpoint device based on the authentication information; based on the authentication, storing, with the authentication device, authorization information in accordance with a first proprietary authorization data model; applying, with the authentication device, an export translation policy to translate the authorization information stored in accordance the first proprietary authorization data model into translated authorization information that complies with a second Interface for Metadata Access Point (IF-MAP) authorization data model conforming to an IF-MAP standard, wherein the second IF-MAP authorization data model is different from the first proprietary authorization data model; and publishing, with the authentication device, the translated authorization information in accordance with an IF-MAP protocol to an intermediate storage device that implements the second IF-MAP authorization data model.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving authentication information comprises receiving security credentials and health information from an endpoint device, and the method further comprising storing data defining at least one authentication policy, wherein the at least one authentication policy defines rules by which to authenticate the authentication information, and wherein authenticating the endpoint device comprises applying the rules defined by the at least one authentication policy to authenticate the authentication information received from the endpoint device.