US Patent Application 18446337. WIRELESS LAN (WLAN) PUBLIC IDENTITY FEDERATION TRUST ARCHITECTURE simplified abstract
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WIRELESS LAN (WLAN) PUBLIC IDENTITY FEDERATION TRUST ARCHITECTURE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Malcolm Muir Smith of Richardson TX (US)
Mark Grayson of Berkshire (GB)
Jerome Henry of Pittsboro NC (US)
Matthew Stephen Macpherson of Cary NC (US)
WIRELESS LAN (WLAN) PUBLIC IDENTITY FEDERATION TRUST ARCHITECTURE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18446337 titled 'WIRELESS LAN (WLAN) PUBLIC IDENTITY FEDERATION TRUST ARCHITECTURE
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a process for evaluating different identity providers (IDPs) and their credentials for authenticating users in Wi-Fi identity federations.
- The process helps with onboarding different IDPs by determining a person's electronic identity and attributes using a standard.
- Once trust is established for a user, it can be utilized across multiple systems, such as single-sign on.
- The same trust determination can be used without re-evaluating the authenticity of the user identity for each new access request.
Original Abstract Submitted
The disclosed technology relates to a process of evaluating any number of different identity providers (IDPs) and their respective set of credentials that are used to authenticate corresponding users to assist with the onboarding of the different IDPs in connection with Wi-Fi identity federations. In particular, the process allows a person's electronic identity and attributes (stored across one or more IDPs) to be determined once using a standard. Once trust has been established for the user, that trust can then be utilized across a number of different systems (e.g., Single-sign on). The same trust determination can be used without the need for the authenticity of the user identity to be re-evaluated with each new access request.
