Digital identity managing method for accepting digital identity of user, involves providing digital identity and acceptance token to party to request validation of self-asserted claim by party based on acceptance token

摘要

The method involves providing a digital identity to a party (202), where the digital identity comprising a self- asserted claim. An acceptance token is obtained from the party. The digital identity and the acceptance token to another party (203) to request validation of the self-asserted claim by the latter party based on the acceptance token are provided. The acceptance token comprises a representation of the self-asserted claim digitally signed by the former party using a private key of the former party. An independent claim is also included for an apparatus for managing a digital identity of a user comprising a digital identity to a party.