Prioritized token based arbiter and method

摘要

An apparatus and method for employing a token based arbiter. The apparatus includes a priority provider (26) comprising a processor for calculating an arbiter metric and an identity provider (18) having a processor for embedding the metric into a secured token. The apparatus also comprises memory coupled to the processor having one or more instructions executable at the processor. The processor is operable when executing the instructions to: collect authorization attributes (A) from one or more users seeking use of a resource (20) associated with a service provider; determine the level of priority to the one or more users based on prescribed policy of the priority provider; assign at least one arbiter metric (22, 32) to a secured token (T) for each of the one or more users based on the level of priority identified by the priority provider.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a limited resource comprising: one or more processors that are configured to analyze arbiter metrics included in secured tokens associated with one or more users seeking access to the limited resource; and memory coupled to the one or more processors comprising one or more instructions executable at the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable when executing the instructions to:
receive, from each of one or more user devices associated with the one or more users, a secured token issued by a network element, the secured token comprising at least an absolute preemptive metric;determine a highest preemptive right user among the one or more users seeking access to the limited resource by reading the absolute preemptive metric included in each secured token associated with the one or more users; andallow the user having the highest preemptive right to have exclusive access to the limited resource.