Internet server access control and monitoring systems

US9917827B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Soverain IP, LLC · US

Inventors

• Thomas Mark Levergood · Bellingham, US
• Lawrence C. Stewart · Wayland, US
• Stephen Jeffrey Morris · Harvard, US
• Andrew C. Payne · Lincoln, US
• George Winfield Treese · Newton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 13, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 6, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/083
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to methods for controlling and monitoring access to network servers. In particular, the process described in the invention includes client-server sessions over the Internet. In this environment, when the user attempts to access an access-controlled file, the server subjects the request to a secondary server which determines whether the client has an authorization or valid account. Upon such verification, the user is provided with a session identification which allows the user to access to the requested file as well as any other files within the present protection domain.