User profile storage on and retrieval from a non-native server domain for use in a client running a native operating system
US6044465A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/2149
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user is authenticated at a client machine running a native operating system. Authentication may be effected from one or more non-native server domains including, without limitation, a Server Message Block (SMB) server domain, a DCE Cell, or some other non-Windows NT server domain. Following successful authentication, a user account is dynamically established or updated at the client by retrieving from the server user information and a set of "group" privileges associated with the authenticated user. A "user profile" is retrieved from the non-native server domain and used to establish at the client a user desktop and any preferences associated with the user.
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