Identity Provider Profile Generation for Authentication Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The development of authentication integrations for new third-party identity providers is inefficient and time-consuming, requiring unique software for each integration, leading to slow onboarding and repetitive software development.
Innovation Solution
An authentication system generates identity provider profiles based on integration information, using a shared set of software modules to create authentication integrations with third-party identity providers, enabling efficient authentication for client systems without redundant development.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If unique software is developed for each authentication integration, then the integration can be customized for specific identity providers, but the development time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a template-based authentication integration system where a single template can be configured to work with multiple identity providers. The template defines common authentication flows and parameters that can be adapted to different providers through configuration rather than custom code, enabling one integration design to serve multiple purposes across Facebook, Google, Salesforce and other identity providers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-defines authentication integration templates with common authentication patterns, protocols, and parameters already established. These templates contain pre-configured elements such as authentication endpoints, token handling logic, and user profile structures that are prepared in advance and can be quickly instantiated for new identity providers without starting from scratch.
2Reliability
If manual research and unique software creation is performed for each identity provider, then the integration can be optimized for that provider, but the onboarding process becomes slow and repetitive
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses template copying where a standardized authentication integration template is replicated and configured for different identity providers. Instead of creating unique software from scratch for each provider, the system copies the proven template structure and adapts it through configuration parameters specific to each identity provider, maintaining reliability while dramatically speeding up the onboarding process.
Solution Approach 2:
The integration templates utilize parameter changes to adapt to different identity providers. Rather than changing the overall software structure, the system modifies specific parameters such as provider endpoints, authentication methods, and data formats within the template, allowing the same integration framework to work with multiple providers by simply changing configuration values.
3Adaptability or versatility
If developers write unique software for each authentication integration, then the integration can handle provider-specific requirements, but repetitive software development increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication integration is segmented into modular template components that can be independently configured. The system divides the integration into separate functional modules such as authentication request handling, token validation, user profile management, and provider-specific configuration. This segmentation allows provider-specific requirements to be handled in isolated sections without increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a template configuration layer as an intermediary between the standardized authentication logic and identity provider-specific requirements. This intermediary layer handles provider-specific adaptations through configuration parameters and mappings, shielding the core authentication logic from provider-specific complexities and preventing software complexity from increasing linearly with each new provider.
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AI summary
An authentication system facilitates efficient generation of authentication integrations with third-party identity providers for client systems. The authentication system provides one or more interfaces configured to receive requests to make authentication integrations available for a third-party identity provider. The requests to make authentication integrations available include integration information for the relevant identity provider. Based on the request to make authentication integrations available, the authentication system generates an identity provider profile for the identity provider that can be used to generate authentication integrations with the identity provider for one or more client systems. Once the identity provider profile is generated, the authentication system uses the identity provider profile to generate authentication integrations for one or more client systems that request authentication through the third-party identity provider. In doing so, the authentication system provides an efficient process for providing authentication integrations with identity providers requested by client systems.