| CPC H04L 9/3213 (2013.01) [H04L 9/0891 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method of operating an authorization server, the method comprising:
computing an encryption key based on information associated with a user session with a client;
embedding the encryption key into at least one access token;
mapping, within a database, the at least one access token to an access token handle associated with the user session;
returning the access token handle to the client; and
selectively providing the access token to at least one web Application Programming Interface (API) in response to receipt of the access token handle from the at least one web API.
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