System and/or method for authentication and/or authorization via a network
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1. A method comprising:
- connecting a computing platform to a network;
communicating with said network via said computing platform to authenticate one or more users attempting accessing at least a portion of an application and/or authorize said one or more users to access said application; and
enabling said one or more users access said at least a portion of said application through said computing platform following a disconnection of said computing platform from said network.
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Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to authenticating an identity of users desiring access to an application program and determining whether an authenticated user is authorized to access one or more aspects of the application program.
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1. A method comprising:
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connecting a computing platform to a network;
communicating with said network via said computing platform to authenticate one or more users attempting accessing at least a portion of an application and/or authorize said one or more users to access said application; and
enabling said one or more users access said at least a portion of said application through said computing platform following a disconnection of said computing platform from said network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a computing platform comprising a communication adapter for communicating with a network, said computing platform being further adapted to;
host one or more applications;
communicate with said network through communication adapter to authenticate one or more users attempting to access at least a portion of at least one of said applications, and/or authorize said one or more users to access said at least a portion of said at least one of said applications; and
enable said one or more users to access said at least a portion of said one or more applications following a disconnection of said computing platform from said network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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means for connecting a computing platform to a network;
means for communicating with said network via said computing platform to authenticate one or more users attempting accessing at least a portion of an application, and authorize said one or more users to access said application; and
means for enabling said one or more users access said at least a portion of said application through said computing platform following a disconnection of said computing platform from said network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An article comprising:
a storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon to;
communicate with said network to authenticate one or more users attempting to access at least a portion of one or more applications hosted on a computing platform, and/or authorize said one or more users to access said at least a portion of said at least one of said applications; and
enable said one or more users to access said at least a portion of said one or more applications following a disconnection of said computing platform from said network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An article comprising:
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a storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon to;
control access to at least a portion of one or more applications hosted by an enterprise according to one or more security business rules;
modify control of said access to said at least a portion of said one or more applications in response to a change of at least one of said security business rules without modifying source code of said at least one of said plurality of applications. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A method comprising:
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obtaining security metadata through a Web service in response to an attempt by a user to access at least a portion of one or more applications hosted on a computing platform; and
locally storing said obtained security metadata for use in response to subsequent attempts to access at least a portion of said one or more applications. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining security metadata through a Web service in response to an attempt by a user to access at least a portion of one or more applications hosted on a computing platform; and
means for locally storing said obtained security metadata for use in response to subsequent attempts to access said at least a portion of said one or more applications. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A computing platform comprising:
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a software component capable of accessing security metadata through a Web service in response to an attempt to access at least a portion of one or more applications; and
an agent of said Web service to locally store said security metadata for use in response to subsequent attempts to access at least a portion of said one or more applications. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. An article comprising:
a storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon to;
obtain security metadata through a Web service in response to an attempt by a user to access at least a portion of one or more applications hosted on a computing platform; and
locally store said obtained security metadata for use in response to subsequent attempts to access said at least a portion of one or more applications. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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