Dipankar Te Thakuria

US Patent:

20070118892, May 24, 2007

Filed:

Nov 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/285518

Inventors:

Hari Sastry - San Jose CA, US
Dipankar Thakuria - Cupertino CA, US
Quan Dinh - Castro Valley CA, US

International Classification:

H04L 9/32

US Classification:

726010000

Abstract:

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that associates a digital certificate with an enterprise profile. During operation, an identity store receives a digital certificate from a client. Next, the identity store searches for a mapping rule which determines if an enterprise profile is associated with the digital certificate, wherein the enterprise profile facilitates in identifying user capabilities. If a mapping rule is found, the identity store executes the mapping rule to determine if an enterprise profile is associated with the digital certificate. If so, the enterprise profile, which is associated with the digital certificate, is returned to the client.