Sharing a sign-in among software applications having secured features
First Claim
1. A method for sharing a sign-in operation among two or more software applications, wherein the software applications each have one or more secured features comprising:
- receiving a request to sign-in to a first running software application;
processing a credential to enter an access signed-in state within the first running software application to grant access to one or more secured features;
in response to the access signed-in state, detecting whether one or more other software applications are running; and
in response to the access signed-in state and to one or more other software applications running, transitioning one or more other running software applications to a ready signed-in state with access to the credential.
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Abstract
In the present invention, when one open or running software application having secured features enters an access signed-in or logged-in state, other open or running software applications having secured features enter a ready signed-in state automatically, without prompting user intervention. The same operation that signed-in or logged-in the initial software application will transition other software applications that are presently open, active to run, or that start in run mode to a ready signed-in state. The access signed-in state fully authenticates the user'"'"'s identity and grants access to secured features. The ready signed-in state places the software application in a state of readiness to authenticate and access secured features without prompting user intervention. One feature of the present invention is the sharing of a sign-in or login credential (e.g. username and password) and the processing of the shared credential in order to provide a universal, shared sign-in session between open software applications having secured features. This feature helps provide a user experience that in effect, has only one sign-in or login session for software applications with secured features.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for sharing a sign-in operation among two or more software applications, wherein the software applications each have one or more secured features comprising:
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receiving a request to sign-in to a first running software application;
processing a credential to enter an access signed-in state within the first running software application to grant access to one or more secured features;
in response to the access signed-in state, detecting whether one or more other software applications are running; and
in response to the access signed-in state and to one or more other software applications running, transitioning one or more other running software applications to a ready signed-in state with access to the credential. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product readable by a computing system and encoding instructions for executing a computer process for logging-in to a software application, wherein the software application has one or more secured features, said computer process comprising:
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receiving a request to enter a logged-in state within a single software application;
verifying a credential to enter an access logged-in state within the single software application;
detecting whether one or more other software applications are open; and
in response to one or more other software applications being open, advancing the open software applications to a ready logged-in state with access to the credential. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for logging-in to two or more software applications, wherein the software applications have one or more secured features, comprising:
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a memory unit storing a shared credential; and
a processing unit receiving a request to login within a software application, processing a credential to enter an access logged-in state within the software application, detecting whether one or more other software applications are in run mode, and in response to one or more other software applications being in run mode, transitioning the software applications in run mode to a ready logged-in state with access to the credential. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A system for sharing a sign-in operation among two or more applications, each application having at least one secured feature, the system comprising:
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a receipt module receiving a request to sign-in to a first running software application having a secured feature;
a credential module validating a sign-in input for the first running software application and changing the state of the first running software application to an access signed-in state indicating access to a secured feature; and
a transition module responsive to the credential module changing the state of a second running software application having a secure feature to a ready signed-in state with access to the sign-in input. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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