US Patent 12132837 System and method for a token gateway environment

Embodiments include a method for providing tokens which includes: receiving from a user system an encrypted data packet including user credentials and a request for an authentication token to access protected resources; extracting the user's security information; transmitting a data packet to a security and access management system, where the data packet includes the user's security information and a request for user validation; receiving, from the security and access management system, user validation and additional data; generating a thin token and a fat token; storing the thin token in association with the fat token; transmitting the thin token to the user system; receiving, from the user system, a request to access protected resources from a protected resource system, the request including the thin token; validating the received thin token; accessing the fat token associated with the thin token; and transmitting the fat token to the protected resource system.