Method and system for controlling access to a service provided through a network
First Claim
1. A method for controlling access of a user to a service provided through a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- upon initiating a connection of said user to said network, authenticating said user and creating or updating a cookie within the workstation of said user, said cookie comprising information related to access permission of said user to said service, said access permission corresponds to the result of said authenticating;
upon requesting to access said service by said user, retrieving said information from said cookie by a gateway to said network, and enforcing said access permission on said user.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for controlling access of a user to a service provided through a network, and a system thereof. The method comprising the steps of: upon initiating a connection of the user to the network, authenticating the user; upon positively authenticating the user, creating or updating a cookie within the workstation of the user, the cookie comprising information related to access permission of the user to the service; upon requesting to access the service by the user, retrieving the information from the cookie by a gateway to the network, and enforcing the access permission on the user.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for controlling access of a user to a service provided through a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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upon initiating a connection of said user to said network, authenticating said user and creating or updating a cookie within the workstation of said user, said cookie comprising information related to access permission of said user to said service, said access permission corresponds to the result of said authenticating;
upon requesting to access said service by said user, retrieving said information from said cookie by a gateway to said network, and enforcing said access permission on said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for controlling access of a user to a service provided through a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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upon initiating a connection of said user to said network, authenticating said user and creating or updating a cookie within the workstation of said user, said cookie comprising information related to access permission of said user to said service, said access permission corresponds to the result of said authenticating;
at a gateway to said network, upon requesting to access said service during a connection session by said user, retrieving by said gateway information stored within said cookie, and adding said information and a current IP address of said user to a logged-in list;
at said gateway, upon requesting by a user to re-access said service, identifying said user by said current IP address, retrieving said information of said user from said list according to said current IP address, and enforcing said access permission on said user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for controlling access of a user to a service provided through a network, the system comprising:
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a local server, for authenticating said user and launching a login script for creating a cookie on said workstation, said cookie comprising information related to access permission of said user to said service;
a program executed on a gateway of said network, for checking the permission of said user to access said service according to information stored within said cookie, and enforcing said access permission of said user to said service according to the result of said checking. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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