[OpenID board] Fwd: Question on implementation of OAUTH/OpenID for Set-top-box

[David Recordon]

Hey Kamal,
I'm forwarding your email to both the OpenID General and OAuth mailing  
lists.

Cheers,
--David

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Kamal Mehta <kamal.mehta at gmail.com>
> Date: April 10, 2009 12:30:31 AM PDT
> To: board at openid.net
> Subject: [OpenID board] Question on implementation of OAUTH/OpenID  
> for Set-top-box
> Reply-To: board at openid.net
>
> Hi,
>
> We are evaluating the integration of OpenID/OAUTH for our clients so  
> that there could be a seamless user experience of Authentication on  
> Playstation/Set-top-box. In due course we investigated it a bit and  
> found that OpenID/OAUTH 2.0 follows a redirection model FROM Relying  
> Party TO OpenID Provider through the UserAgent, which happens to be  
> browser in all example implementation we have seen.
>  We have quick question, As described we are using Blue-Ray players  
> which lacks the ability of having state-of-the-art browsers, is  
> there any possibility of implementing OpenID and OAUTH w/out going  
> thru browser route of redirection, such as any direct API call to  
> get an authentication of user? Is it even feasible?
>
>  Are there any implementations done for Set-Top-Box by any other  
> company we could leverage some design discussions?
>
>  Appreciate your early response.
>
>  Thanks in advance.
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Kamal Mehta
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/kamalmehta
>
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