Vault controller supervisor and method of operation for managing multiple independent vault processes and browser sessions for users in an electronic business system
US6931526B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2463/102
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A vault controller manages resources in a secure environment or vault dedicated to an authorized user(s) for conducting electronic business in a distributed information system. The controller includes a web server and a supervisor in a shared object library, which runs as part of an HTTP daemon. The supervisor runs as a multi-threaded process with state and data tables and a vault daemon to support launching secure processes mapped to users through digital certificates. The vault daemon generates a password for a user request based on the user ID. The vault daemon launches a vault process (VP) running in a vault mapped to the user ID. After launching, the VP returns a message to the supervisor including a token identifying the thread. The supervisor sends the user request through a socket to the secure VP mapped to the user ID. The VP receives the request and launches a VP thread to handle the request. The VP thread writes the process data back through the socket to the supervisor thread for return to the user.
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