Chaining information card selectors
View Patent ↗A machine includes card stores to store information cards. For each card store, one or more card selectors can be provided. When performing a transaction involving information cards, a generic card selector, using a selector policy engine, can identify a card selector to use for the transaction. The identified card selector can be used to identify an information card in a card store to use in performing the transaction, which can be used to provide a security token to the relying party.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a computer;
a card store;
a plurality of card selectors;
a generic card selector to receive a security policy;
a selector policy engine to identify one of the plurality of card selectors; and
means for using one of the information cards in said card store with said identified card selector to respond to the security policy.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the selector policy engine is operative to present to a user the list of plurality of card selectors and receive from the user an identification of said identified card selector.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the selector policy engine is operative to identify said one of the plurality of card selectors based on at least one of a set including the security policy, a user name, a user data, and a policy.
4. An apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the policy is any of a time-based policy, a location-based policy, or an adaptive policy.
5. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the generic card selector includes a plug-in receiver to add the identified card selector to the plurality of card selectors.
6. A method for performing a transaction using a generic card selector, comprising:
receiving a security policy from a relying party;
identifying a card selector from a plurality of card selectors;
selecting an information card from a card store; and
using the information card with the identified card selector to satisfy the security policy.
7. A method according to claim 6 , wherein identifying a card selector includes receiving from a user a selection of the card selector from the plurality of card selectors.
8. A method according to claim 7 , wherein receiving from a user a selection of the card selector includes presenting to the user a list of the plurality of card selectors.
9. A method according to claim 6 , wherein identifying a card selector includes automatically selecting a card selector based on at least one of a set including the security policy, a user name, a user data, and a policy.
10. A method according to claim 6 , wherein automatically selecting a card selector includes automatically selecting a card selector based on any of a time-based policy, a location-based policy, or an adaptive policy.
11. A method according to claim 6 , further comprising receiving the card selector as a plug-in to the generic card selector.
12. An article, comprising a non-transitory storage medium, said non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:
receiving a security policy from a relying party;
identifying a card selector from a plurality of card selectors;
selecting an information card from a card store; and
using the information card with the identified card selector to satisfy the security policy.
13. An article according to claim 12 , wherein identifying a card selector includes receiving from a user a selection of the card selector from the plurality of card selectors.
14. An article according to claim 13 , wherein receiving from a user a selection of the card selector includes presenting to the user a list of the plurality of card selectors.
15. An article according to claim 12 , wherein identifying a card selector includes automatically selecting a card selector based on at least one of a set including the security policy, a user name, a user data, and a policy.
16. An article according to claim 12 , wherein automatically selecting a card selector includes automatically selecting a card selector based on any of a time-based policy, a location-based policy, or an adaptive policy.
17. An article according to claim 12 , wherein said non-transitory storage medium has stored thereon further instructions that, when executed by said machine, result in receiving the card selector as a plug-in to the generic card selector.