Techniques for providing authentication information to external and embedded web browsers
US10511670B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/146
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Representative embodiments set forth herein disclose techniques for enabling a client application to supplement its features by utilizing the functionalities provided by a web browser in a secure manner. According to some embodiments, the client application can authenticate with an authentication server to establish a trusted connection between the client application and the authentication server. In turn, the client application can issue a request to the authentication server for particular content. Next, the authentication server can establish a “content uniform resource locator (URL)” for accessing the content, and interface with a web server to establish an “authentication URL”, and return both the content URL and the authentication URL to the client application. In turn, the client application invokes an instance of the web browser and causes the web browser to access the authentication URL to obtain session information, and subsequently access the content URL to obtain the content.
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