International Business Machines Corporation
Privacy-aware ID gateway

Abstract:

A method includes, for a first user having been authenticated on a first application with a first user identification (ID) using a first ID federation between the first application and a federation server, determining that the first user is authorized to access information of a second user on a second application based on the first user ID, the second user being associated with a second user ID, and sending a second authentication request for authenticating the first user to the second application with the second user ID using a second ID federation between the federation server and the second application.