NCR Corporation
APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE

Abstract:

A principal successfully authenticates for a communication session with a target device. One or more Domain Specific Language (DSL) statements/records assigned to the principal are provided to the target device. The target device translates the DSL statements/records into code, which is executed on the target device to custom set security roles of the principal on the target device during the session. In an embodiment, the one or more DSL statements/records are provided to the target device as an optimized JavaScript.RTM. Object Notation (JSON) Web Token (JWT); a payload of the optimized JWT comprising the one or more DSL statements/records as a compressed and enhanced JSON object.