| CPC H04L 63/083 (2013.01) | 18 Claims |

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1. A method for accessing protected resources, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a request from an OpenID-unaware application for access to a protected resource;
authenticating, by the processor, the OpenID-unaware application;
establishing, by the processor, an OpenID connection with an OpenID relying party upon authentication of the OpenID-unaware application;
receiving, by the processor, an access token issued by an OpenID identity provider for the OpenID-unaware application for access to the protected resource; and
facilitating, by the processor, a user associated with the OpenID-unaware application via an application OpenID life cycle over a HTTPS handshake with an application programming interface (API) call.
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