Authentication-technology independent, non-programmatic method and apparatus for bootstrapping a user database from the WEB tier
First Claim
1. In a browser/server environment, a method for bootstrapping a user database associated with an application from an application server, comprising:
- forming a user information request page by the application;
sending the user information request page to a user;
returning a filled out user information request page to a pass through server target on the application server;
extracting security data from the filled out user information page by the application server; and
bootstrapping a user account in the user database by the application server based upon the extracted security data.
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Abstract
A non-programmatic method for bootstrapping a user database from the web tier using pass-through server-provided form targets is disclosed. A “form target,” used in this context, is the submission destination of an HTML form, submitted via HTTP (typically this is called an “action” in HTTP). The “form target” is usually the name of a CGI script, or an alias to an ASP, Servlet or JSP on the server, which will handle a form request. When the user submits a form via HTTP, the application server will extract security data and then pass control back to an application success target or a failure target.
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19 Claims
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1. In a browser/server environment, a method for bootstrapping a user database associated with an application from an application server, comprising:
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forming a user information request page by the application;
sending the user information request page to a user;
returning a filled out user information request page to a pass through server target on the application server;
extracting security data from the filled out user information page by the application server; and
bootstrapping a user account in the user database by the application server based upon the extracted security data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a browser/server environment, an apparatus for bootstrapping a user database associated with an application from an application server, comprising:
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a means for forming a user information request page by the application;
a means for sending the user information request page to a user;
a means for returning a filled out user information request page to the application server;
a means for extracting security data from the filled out user information page by the application server; and
a means for bootstrapping a user account in the user database by the application server based upon the extracted security data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for enabling a computing system to bootstrap a user database associated with an application from an application server, the computer program product in a browser/server environment, comprising:
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computer code for forming a user information request page by the application;
computer code for sending the user information request page to a user;
computer code for returning a filled out user information request page to the application server;
computer code for extracting security data from the filled out user information page by the application server;
computer code for bootstrapping a user account in the user database by the application server based upon the extracted security data; and
a computer readable medium for storing the computer program product.
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