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Amazon patents system to manage access between different online services

This patent describes a method where one online service provider checks if a user has the right to use a service from a different provider. It works by comparing user account details from both companies and sending a signal to allow or block the connection.

Why it mattersThis could improve how users manage permissions across various digital platforms by centralizing access controls.

In the filing’s own words

Techniques for permission controls from a first provider for a second provider are described. In an example, a computer system stores first account data of a user with a first service provider. The first account data enables execution of a first online service of the first service provider to provide a second online service of a second service provider. The computer system receives second account data of the user with the second service provider. The computer system generates, based on a mapping between a first schema of the second account data and a second schema, third account data. The computer system generates, based on the first account data and the third account data, a report associated with controlling execution of the second online service. The computer system sends permission data to the second service provider indicating whether a permission exists to control the execution of the second online service.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A system of a first service provider, the system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memory storing instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, configure the system to: store first account data of a user with the first service provider, the first account data enabling execution of a first online service of the first service provider to provide a second online service of a second service provider; generate an application programming interface (API) call to a computing resource of the second service provider, the API call requesting second account data of the user with the second service provider; receive, from the computing resource, a response to the API call, the response including the second account data, the second account data having a first schema; generate, based at least in part on a first mapping between the first schema and a second schema, third account data by reformatting the second account data from the first schema to the second schema; generate, based at least in part on the first account data and the third account data, a report associated with controlling execution of the second online service, the report indicating whether a permission exists for executing the second online service; send permission data to the second service provider indicating whether the permission exists; receive a request associated with the first online service for the execution of the second online service; and control the execution of the second online service based at least in part on the permission data.

Facts

Company
Amazon (Amazon Technologies, Inc.)
Official title
Permission controls from a first provider for a second provider
Patent number
US12744786B1
Application number
18970015
Filed
Dec 5, 2024
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

H04L 63/102 Electricity & electronicsH04L 63/105 Electricity & electronicsH04L 63/20 Electricity & electronics
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