US 12,130,904 B2
Flexible credential supported software service provisioning
Jevon MacDonald, Halifax (CA); and James Bowes, Dartmouth (CA)
Assigned to Snyk Limited, Berkshire (GB)
Appl. No. 17/294,682
Filed by Snyk Limited, Berkshire (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/062080
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/102822, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/768,843, filed on Nov. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0019652 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/45 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); G06Q 20/401 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
by a service exchange platform implemented by a processor and a memory with computer code instructions stored thereon:
receiving, from a service consumer, a request for an account for, via the service exchange platform, purchasing software resources offered by a plurality of service providers and managing provisioning of the software resources;
creating an account for the service consumer, the account enabling the service consumer to access the software resources offered by the plurality of service providers;
sending, to a particular service provider of the plurality of service providers, a request for credentials for accessing one or more software resources, wherein the one or more software resources are (i) purchased by the service consumer from the particular service provider and (ii) accessed by the service consumer, via the service exchange platform, for use in a software project;
receiving, from the particular service provider, the credentials for accessing the one or more software resources;
providing, to the service consumer, the credentials for accessing the one or more software resources; and
wherein the credentials for accessing the one or more software resources are user-independent and capable of being shared among multiple users associated with the service consumer to enable the use in the software project of the one or more software resources.