Peer applications trust center

US8990913B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8990913-B2
Application numberUS-201213448456-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 17, 2012
Priority dateApr 17, 2012
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for a peer applications trust center. A trust client can execute on a client computer and a trust service can execute on a server computer to provide the peer applications trust center. The trust client or trust server can register applications. During registration, the trust server or the trust client can generate a public key or other identifier for identifying the registered application. If another application requests access to the registered application, the trust server or the trust client can determine if the request specifies a registered application by name. If the requestor is granted access to the application, the requestor can be issued a token. Tokens can be revoked, updated, replaced, or renewed for various purposes.

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I claim: 1. A method comprising: registering, at a processor executing a trust service, a first application, wherein registering the first application comprises generating an identifier that identifies services associated with the first application; receiving, at the processor, a request to establish a trust relationship between a second application requestor and the first application, the request being received from the second application; determining, by the processor, if th…

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What does patent US8990913B2 cover?
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for a peer applications trust center. A trust client can execute on a client computer and a trust service can execute on a server computer to provide the peer applications trust center. The trust client or trust server can register applications. During registration, the trust server or the trust client can generate a public key or other identifier …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Yu Loc An, At & T Mobility Ii Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F21/51. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).