Authentication system and authentication method
First Claim
1. An authentication system comprising a central server and at least one LAN including a local server connected to the central server through the Internet and a client computer connected to the local sever, the local server permitting a user to log in when a user ID of the user and a correct password associated therewith are inputted using the client computer, and the central server permitting the user logged into the local server to log in when a connection request is received from the local server together with information at least enabling identification of the local server, without requesting a password of the user logged in the local server.
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Abstract
An authentication method for a system comprising multiple intramural LANs connected with a central server comprises a step of issuing a school ID from a central server to an intramural server via the Internet, a step of informing a user via a client computer connected to the intramural server that the user is authorized to use a first application in the intramural server and a second application in the central server when a login request is received from the client computer, a step of transmitting the school ID from the intramural server to the central server when a request to use the second application is received from the client computer, and a step of permitting the client computer to use the second application when the school ID is received by the central server.
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- 1. An authentication system comprising a central server and at least one LAN including a local server connected to the central server through the Internet and a client computer connected to the local sever, the local server permitting a user to log in when a user ID of the user and a correct password associated therewith are inputted using the client computer, and the central server permitting the user logged into the local server to log in when a connection request is received from the local server together with information at least enabling identification of the local server, without requesting a password of the user logged in the local server.
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9. An authentication method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining information enabling identification of a local server by a central server via the Internet;
informing a user via a client computer connected to the local server via a LAN that the user is authorized to use a first application in the local server and a second application in the central server when a user ID of the user and a correct password associated therewith are inputted using the client computer;
transmitting the information enabling identification of the local server from the local server to the central server when a request to use the second application is sent from the client computer; and
permitting the client computer to use the second application when the information enabling identification of the local server is received by the central server.
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10. An authentication method comprising the steps of:
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issuing a first ID from a central server to a local server via the Internet;
informing a user via a client computer connected to the local server via a LAN that the user is authorized to use a first application in the local server and a second application in the central server when a second ID and a correct password associated therewith are inputted by using the client computer;
transmitting the first ID from the local server to the central server when a request to use the second application is sent from the client computer; and
permitting the client computer to use the second application when the first ID is received by the central server.
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