Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100008508 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SECRET KEY BETWEEN TWO NODES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for establishing a secret key between two nodes in a communication network, in particular in a wireless local area network (WLAN), includes concealment of the fact that a key exchange occurs, one of the nodes—first node (B)—broadcasts one or more packets (P | 01-14-2010 |
20100319068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DELEGATION OF RESOURCES - A method for performing delegation of resources, in particular services, wherein a user—resource owner—has access to a resource offered by a service provider and wherein the resource is delegated to at least one other user—delegate—by using delegation credentials, is characterized in that the method includes the steps of defining authorization rules for the delegate regarding resource access restrictions and registering the authorization rules at an identity provider thereby employing the delegation credentials, performing an authentication of the delegate at the service provider, and performing an authorization of the delegate at the identity provider based on the authorization rules. Furthermore, a corresponding system is disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
20110213688 | PROCESS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ACCESS FOR A USER VIA A NETWORK PROVIDER TO A SERVICE PROVIDER - For providing a simple network access process which can be used for accessing network with focus on a single service a process for providing network access for a user via a Network Provider (NP) to a Service Provider (SP) is claimed, the process including: establishing a connection between the user and the Network Provider (NP) by user's request to access the Service Provider (SP); authenticating of the user by a user's Identity Provider (IdP) on request of the Network Provider (NP); transmitting data from the Identity Provider (IdP) to the Network Provider (NP), so that the Network Provider (NP) has the information that the Service Provider (SP) or a third party is payee of the access fees; and providing the access for the user via the Network Provider (NP) to the Service Provider (SP) by the Network Provider (NP). | 09-01-2011 |
20120042042 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MANAGEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF DISTRIBUTED DATA OF USER OR AN ENTITY - A method for supporting management and exchange of distributed data of a user or an entity, in particular user profile information data, is characterized in that a protocol is provided that employs SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) as bearer protocol in such a way that SAML messages function as containers for DST (Data Service Template) or DST-like messages in order to compose SAML DST messages, wherein the DST or DST-like messages include data processing information, and wherein for the DST or DST-like messages unified protocol namespaces are defined as the protocol specific namespaces. | 02-16-2012 |
20120260092 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A REPUTATION MECHANISM IN A NETWORK AND NETWORK - Method for supporting a reputation mechanism in a network including one or more domains with one or more users being connected to the domains, one or more Identity Providers that manage identity information, and at least one entity that functions as Web Service Consumer for the users. When a user requests a Web Service Consumer of one of the domains for a web service provided by a Web Service Provider, the requested Web Service Consumer requests its known Identity Providers regarding a recommendation of the Web Service Provider. The Identity Providers function as recommendation aggregators by collecting reputation assessments of the Web Service Provider from entities registered on the Identity Providers who return an aggregated recommendation to the requested Web Service Consumer that determines a trust assessment about the Web Service Provider. A privacy homomorphism is employed for providing an encrypted exchange of recommendation related information. | 10-11-2012 |
20130219474 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SERVICE ACCESS TO A USER - A method and system for providing service access to a user, includes the steps of:
| 08-22-2013 |
20130304488 | METHOD TO SUPPORT AN ADVANCED HOME SERVICES COORDINATION PLATFORM - A method coordinating home services is provided, including receiving a request for home services from a customer over a network and forwarding the request from the customer to a home services coordinator over the network. A reputation system assists the home services coordinator to select a service provider based on customer needs, preferences, and a reputation of the service provider. Information sufficient to permit the service provider to select a home delivery provider that can satisfy customer needs is provided to the selected service provider over the network. The selected home delivery provider is provided with access to customer data and with access to a customer physical system over the network, to provide the service. Feedback is requested from the customer after the service has been delivered, and is used in the reputation system to update the customer preferences and the reputation of the service provider. | 11-14-2013 |