US 12,301,570 B2
Integrated hosted directory
Rajat Bhargava, Boulder, CO (US); James Brown, Broomfield, CO (US); and Christopher Marie, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to JumpCloud, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by JumpCloud, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,663.
Application 17/495,663 is a continuation of application No. 16/826,666, filed on Mar. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,171,957.
Application 16/826,666 is a continuation of application No. 16/109,461, filed on Aug. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,601,827, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Application 16/109,461 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/043,786, filed on Jul. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,630,685, issued on Apr. 21, 2020.
Application 16/043,786 is a continuation of application No. 15/482,522, filed on Apr. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,057,266, issued on Aug. 21, 2018.
Application 15/482,522 is a continuation of application No. 14/728,511, filed on Jun. 2, 2015, granted, now 9,641,530, issued on May 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0029991 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); H04L 61/4523 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0884 (2013.01) [G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/0807 (2013.01); H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); H04L 61/4523 (2022.05); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, from a device that manages a directory that comprises a mapping between a plurality of users and a plurality of information technology (IT) resources, at least a subset of a first portion of the directory, wherein:
the first portion of the directory comprises references to a first set of IT resources of the plurality of IT resources associated with a first organization, wherein the first organization comprises a first set of users of the plurality of users, and
a second portion of the directory comprises references to a second set of IT resources of the plurality of IT resources associated with a second organization, the second organization comprising a second set of users of the plurality of users;
authenticating, using the subset of the first portion of the directory, a user of the first organization for access to an IT resource of the first set of IT resources, wherein the subset of the first portion of the directory comprises references to the IT resource that comprise a permission for the user of the first organization to access the IT resource, and wherein the authenticating is based at least in part on an attempt of the user of the first organization to access a functionality of the IT resource; and
providing, to the IT resource based at least in part on authenticating the user of the first organization, an indication that the user of the first organization is assigned the permission.