US Patent 7546462 Systems and methods for integration adapter security

An application view, which can represent a self-describing interface to functionality in a resource such as an application or enterprise system, can configure a security principal for a validated system user. A resource adapter can receive the request from the application view and can use a security principal map to map the security principal to a resource-appropriate principal. The resource adapter can perform a resource sign-on in a manner specific to the resource using the resource-appropriate principal.