Abstract:
A computer aided dispatch (CAD) center operator can view a displayed location indicator indicative of a last location of a public safety (PS) device on a geographic information system (GIS) map, together with a displayed confidence indicator indicative of the likelihood that the displayed last location of the PS device is accurate, for use in dispatching a PS person to an incident scene, or locating the PS person.
Abstract:
A system and method for enabling a primary and a secondary communication device to share a user identity assertion is presented. The user identity assertion enables the devices to access an application system. The primary and secondary devices are paired to place them in collaboration with each other. The primary device requests an identity provider system to issue a user identity assertion scoped to the primary and secondary communication device. The identity provider system authenticates the primary device and generates the user identity assertion scoped to the primary device and the secondary device identified in the request. The primary communication device receives the user identity assertion and communicates the user identity assertion to the secondary device. The primary device may request the user identity assertion by communicating a user identity assertion scoped to the primary device and a single sign on session cookie or a request for an extension assertion.
Abstract:
An access point is provided that bridges a PAN with a LAN. When the access point receives, from a first mobile device, a request to authenticate with the access point for a first network service and a request to establish a second network service, wherein the second network service provides for bridging a PAN with a LAN, the access point determines a credential to be used by mobile devices who wish to join the second network service and, in response to determining that the first mobile device is authorized to make such a request, establishes the second network service. Further, in response to receiving, from a second mobile device, a request to join the second network service, which request includes the credential, the access point joins the second mobile device to the second network service and bridges traffic between the first and second mobile devices using the second network service.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for providing a lifetime extension to an identity assertion is provided herein. During operation a user will authenticate to an identity management server (also known as an authorization server or an authentication server) to obtain an identity assertion. An identity assertion will be provided upon successful authentication. The lifetime of the identity assertion will be based on whether or not biometric information of the user will be used by the device to which the assertion is being issued to identify the user prior to allowing the use of the identity assertion.
Abstract:
A method and is provided for obtaining a vetted certificate for a microservice in an elastic cloud environment. The microservice receives a one-time authentication credential. The microservice utilizes the one-time authentication credential to obtain a client secret. The microservice obtains an access token and CSR (Certificate Signing Request) attributes using the client secret and constructs a CSR utilizing the CSR attributes. The microservice requests a vetted certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA) and includes the access token and the CSR in the request. If the access token and the CSR pass vetting at the CA, the CA sends a vetted certificate to the microservice.
Abstract:
A system for, and method of, single sign-on collaboration among a plurality of mobile devices, includes a server for issuing a first identity token to subsequently authenticate a user of a first of the mobile devices to a service provider, and for generating and sending a collaboration credential to the first device based on the first identity token or user authentication. The first device sends the collaboration credential generated by the server to a second device paired with the first device. The server also issues a second identity token to subsequently authenticate to the service provider the user of the second device based on the collaboration credential received from the first device, to support single sign-on collaboration for the user across the plurality of mobile devices.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided that select an instance of a service for use by a mobile device. A list of multiple instances of the service is assembled, wherein each instance of the service of the multiple instances of the service is hosted by a different mobile device of multiple mobile devices. For each of the multiple instances of the service, situational information and environmental information is determined in association with the mobile device hosting the instance, wherein the situational information comprises information associated with an operating condition of a user of the hosting mobile device and wherein the environmental information comprises information associated with environmental conditions in which the hosting mobile device is operating. An instance of the service then is selected from among the multiple instances based on the environmental information and the situational information determined for each of the multiple instances.
Abstract:
A collaboration manager server is provided that bridges a PAN with a WAN. When the collaboration manager server receives, from the first mobile device, a request to establish a second network service, wherein the second network service provides for bridging a PAN with a WAN, the collaboration manager server determines a credential to be used by mobile devices who wish to join the second network service and, in response to determining that the first mobile device is authorized to make such a request, establishes the second network service. Further, in response to receiving, from a second mobile device, a request to join the second network service, wherein the request to join the second network service comprises the credential, the collaboration manager server joins the second mobile device to the second network service and bridges traffic between the first mobile device and the second mobile device using the second network service.
Abstract:
A certificate management processor (CMP) in a public key infrastructure (PKI) receives a request for a certificate management operation. The CMP determines that the request is associated with at least one of an end entity and a service. The CMP identifies a certificate management identifier associated with at least one of the end entity and the service. The CMP retrieves at least one status associated with the certificate management identifier and/or at least one status associated with the certificate management operation. The CMP performs the certificate management operation on a certificate when the retrieved at least one status is determined to not be suspended.
Abstract:
A HSM service controller receives an administrative request to enable a cloud-based application to have access to a cloud-based HSM service. The HSM service controller segments a cloud-based HSM into a plurality of VHSMs. The HSM service controller allocates to the cloud-based application, a source VHSM from among the plurality of VHSMs. The source VHSM includes an initial set of credentials, roles and/or metadata. The HSM service controller stores a handle for the source VHSM in association with a handle for the cloud-based application. The HSM service controller routes cryptography requests between the cloud-based application and the VHSM based on the handle for the source VHSM and the handle for the cloud-based application. The HSM service controller receives one or more management requests from the cloud-based application and executes cloud administrator functions responsive to the management request.