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Method and system for providing user access to a secure application

US8381271B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 19, 2006
Grant dateFeb 19, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/6218
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for providing remote user access to secure financial applications by deployment of SSO software (126) to client workstations (120), including receiving a password for collaborating access to a secure server (110); navigating to the secure server (110) using a web browser (124) on a remote workstation (120); providing user authorization details and the received password to the secure server (120); generating a subsequent password at the secure server (110) upon validation of the user authorization details and received password; downloading an SSO deployment file (122) to the remote workstation (120), said deployment file (122) including the subsequent password; executing the SSO deployment file (122) to install an SSO client application (126) on the remote workstation; reading workstation settings and user credentials from a secure file or data store; and running the SSO client application (126) on the workstation to employ the user credentials and subsequent password to logon to the secure application.

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