Inventors:
Mehul K. Shah - Aurora CO, US
Austin Lorenzo - Dallas TX, US
Ruchir Rodrigues - Irving TX, US
Paul Bolduc - Tampa FL, US
Srinivas Anumala - Irving TX, US
Vishnu Goyal - Irving TX, US
Assignee:
Verizon Services Corp. - Ashburn VA
International Classification:
H04L 29/06
Abstract:
An exemplary method includes () receiving a web service request for a particular web service, along with user identification credentials, from a web service subscriber, the request and the credentials being received into a service agent of a web service publisher, () determining whether the credentials are cached in the service agent, and further, whether the credentials are valid, () in response to a determination that the credentials are not cached in the service agent, initiating a security service to authorize the web service subscriber to access the particular web service, () in response to a determination that the credentials are cached in the service agent and are invalid, responding to the web service subscriber with an error message, and () in response to a determination that the credentials are cached in the service agent and are valid, passing the web service request to the particular web service for access.
