US 11,863,558 B1
Method and apparatus for credential handling
John Burns Smith, III, Charlotte, NC (US); and Nicholas Sawn Twerdochlib, Callahan, FL (US)
Assigned to BeyondTrust Corporation, Ridgeland, MS (US)
Filed by BeyondTrust Corporation, Ridgeland, MS (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/548,564.
Application 16/548,564 is a continuation of application No. 15/133,641, filed on Apr. 20, 2016, granted, now 10,397,233.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/150,051, filed on Apr. 20, 2015.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/102 (2013.01) [H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
establishing, via at least one computing device, an access session comprising a secure connection between a first accessor device and an endpoint device via a first access protocol;
sending, via the at least one computing device, an invitation to a second accessor device to join the access session;
joining, via the at least one computing device, the second accessor device via a second access protocol, wherein the second access protocol differs from the first access protocol;
generating, via the at least one computing device, a list of at least one credential available to the second accessor device based on a selection criteria;
receiving, via the at least one computing device, a selection of a selected credential from the list of the at least one credential available to the second accessor device;
injecting, via the at least one computing device, the selected credential into the access session for the second accessor device; and
providing, via the at least one computing device, access to a privileged resource of the endpoint device by the second accessor device as part of the access session by converting the second access protocol to the first access protocol used by the endpoint device.