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Single sign-on (SSO) for non-SSO-compliant applications

US7698734B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 2004
Grant dateApr 13, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/41
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for providing SSO authentication when accessing non-SSO-compliant applications, the method including forwarding a user name and a password received from a non-SSO-compliant application to an SSO proxy, encapsulating the user name and password in a request to access a protected application, authenticating the user name and password responsive to the request using SSO authentication, and generating an SSO token if said authentication step is successful.

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