Blockchains (smart contracts, distributed ledgers) and rights management broadly construed are the themes of today's Spotlight Applications. Assigned to Intertrust, the first application discloses techniques for trust and identity management. Assigned to HYPR, the second application discloses techniques for federated identity management with decentralized computing platforms.
20210377040, "Trust and identity management systems and methods," assigned to Intertrust Technologies Corporation.
Abstract
The disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for facilitating the secure recording and use of assertions made by entities regarding other entities. Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods provide mechanisms to make assertions in an authentic and authoritative manner and enable discovery and reliance on those assertions using trusted distributed ledgers and/or derivatives of the same. Various embodiments may be used in connection with establishing security associations and/or secure communication channels between entities and/or the secure management of governed electronic resources.
20210377254, "Federated identity management with decentralized computing platforms," assigned to HYPR Corp.
Abstract
Provided is a process that establishes user identities within a decentralized data store, like a blockchain. A user's mobile device may establish credential values within a trusted execution environment of the mobile device. Representations of those credentials may be generated on the mobile device and transmitted for storage in association with an identity of the user established on the blockchain. Similarly, one or more key-pairs may be generated or otherwise used by the mobile device for signatures and signature verification. Private keys may remain resident on the device (or known and input by the user) while corresponding public keys may be stored in associated with the user identity on the blockchain. A private key is used to sign representations of credentials and other values as a proof of knowledge of the private key and credential values for authentication of the user to the user identity on the block