US 12,225,004 B2
OpenID offloading proxy
Rahul Suraparaju, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., Ramsey, NJ (US)
Filed by Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., Ramsey, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/148,786.
Prior Publication US 2024/0223551 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/083 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.