US Patent 7571473 Identity management system and method

A system is for identity management is provided. The system includes an identity management data store, a human resources input, an application registration component, and a security component. The identity management data store stores identity-related information for a user of an application. The identity-related information is mapped within the identity management data store to role information for the user of the application. The human resources input provisions the identity management data store with the identity-related information. The application registration component facilitates the application to provision the identity management data store with the role information for the user of the application. The security component authenticates the user and authorizes the user for access to the application based on the identity-related information. The security component retrieves the role information mapped to the identity-related information and delivers the role information to the application.