Patent №
US 8,327,428
Granted
2012-12-04
Filed 2006
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11565611
Embodiments of authenticating linked accounts are presented herein. In an implementation, an authentication service provides functionality to form links between a plurality of user accounts. A client may then authenticate by providing credentials for one account in a group of linked accounts, and is permitted access to each account in the group of linked accounts based upon the linking. Thus, a single sign-in of a client to one account may permit the client to obtain services for service providers corresponding to multiple linked accounts, without an individual sign-in to each account.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 189970921
Assignors
BAILEY, DAVID W., AYRES, LYNN C., HUANG, LIN, ROUSKOV,YORDAN I, GUO,WEIQIANG MICHAEL, BAILEY, DAVID W., HUANG, LIN, AYRES, LYNN C., GUO, WEI-QUIANG MICHAEL, ROUSKOV, YORDAN I
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