US 11,863,562 B1
Authentication and authorization with remotely managed user directories
Wayne Mesard, Hingham, MA (US); Kevin Sellers, Hopkinton, MA (US); Justin Schoeff, Somerville, MA (US); and John M. Jamail, Sudbury, MA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,626.
Application 17/897,626 is a continuation of application No. 17/134,740, filed on Dec. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,431,720.
Application 17/134,740 is a continuation of application No. 16/198,475, filed on Nov. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,880,312, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/102 (2013.01) [H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/166 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a client device and at a service provider network, first authentication data usable to authenticate the client device for interaction with an application that is at least partly managed by the service provider network, the first authentication data indicating a user account associated with the client device;
initiating an authentication process with a network endpoint device, in a remote network, identified as managing an authentication process for the user account;
receiving, from the network endpoint device and at the service provider network, second authentication data indicating that the client device was authenticated via the authentication process; and
granting access to the application for the user account.