Digital Identity Management

Abstract

One aspect relates to a process and associated device for managing digital ID lifecycles for application programs, and abstracting application programs for multiple types of credentials through a common Digital Identity Management System (DIMS) and Application Programming Interface (API) layer.

1 . An apparatus, comprising a digital identity management system (DIMS) that views at least some of the credentials associated with the DIMS. 
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a client, wherein the DIMS is at least partially located within a domain-joined computer. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the DIMS is at least partially located in a computer. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein at least some of the credentials are included at least partially in a digital ID. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the digital ID includes a certificate. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising user interface tools that can determine a complete set of digital Identities (IDs) associated with a given security context. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a client, wherein the DIMS is located at least partially within a client computer. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the DIMS is located at least partially in a non-domain joined computer. 
     
     
         9 . An auto-enrollment method, comprising:
 submitting a digital ID request;   retrieving the disposition, last status, and identifier of a request;   retrieving the digital ID issued for the request;   retrieving pending digital IDs for previous requests; and   retrieving the digital IDs for the digital ID server.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the digital ID includes a certificate.