AUTHENTICATION TICKET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE FOR SELF-CONTAINED TICKET
First Claim
1. An authentication ticket processing apparatus for generating an authentication ticket for provision to a client in response to an authentication request from the client, and for supplying relevant user information in response to a decoding request from a server with respect to an authentication ticket associated with a service request from the client when the client is to receive a series of services from a plurality of servers that are operable independently of each other, said authentication ticket processing apparatus comprising:
- a temporary data storage unit configured to keep user information upon receiving the user information from a user management database for managing user information, the temporary data storage unit allowing access thereto to be performed at higher speed than access to the user management database, wherein the authentication ticket processing apparatus is configured such that, when there is a need to acquire user information in response to a decoding request from a server, a check is made whether user information corresponding to the decoding request is present in the temporary data storage unit, and the corresponding user information is acquired from the temporary data storage unit if the corresponding user information is present in the temporary data storage unit.
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Abstract
An authentication ticket processing apparatus includes a temporary data storage unit configured to keep user information upon receiving the user information from a user management database for managing user information, the temporary data storage unit allowing access thereto to be performed at higher speed than access to the user management database. The authentication ticket processing apparatus is configured such that, when there is a need to acquire user information in response to a decoding request from a server, a check is made whether user information corresponding to the decoding request is present in the temporary data storage unit, and the corresponding user information is acquired from the temporary data storage unit if the corresponding user information is present in the temporary data storage unit.
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10 Claims
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1. An authentication ticket processing apparatus for generating an authentication ticket for provision to a client in response to an authentication request from the client, and for supplying relevant user information in response to a decoding request from a server with respect to an authentication ticket associated with a service request from the client when the client is to receive a series of services from a plurality of servers that are operable independently of each other, said authentication ticket processing apparatus comprising:
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a temporary data storage unit configured to keep user information upon receiving the user information from a user management database for managing user information, the temporary data storage unit allowing access thereto to be performed at higher speed than access to the user management database, wherein the authentication ticket processing apparatus is configured such that, when there is a need to acquire user information in response to a decoding request from a server, a check is made whether user information corresponding to the decoding request is present in the temporary data storage unit, and the corresponding user information is acquired from the temporary data storage unit if the corresponding user information is present in the temporary data storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An authentication ticket processing method of generating an authentication ticket for provision to a client in response to an authentication request from the client, and of supplying relevant user information in response to a decoding request from a server with respect to an authentication ticket associated with a service request from the client when the client is to receive a series of services from a plurality of servers that are operable independently of each other, said authentication ticket processing method comprising:
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keeping user information in a temporary data storage unit upon receiving the user information from a user management database for managing user information, access to the temporary data storage unit being faster than access to the user management database;
checking whether user information corresponding to a decoding request is present in the temporary data storage unit when there is a need to acquire user information in response to the decoding request from a server; and
acquiring the corresponding user information from the temporary data storage unit if the corresponding user information is present in the temporary data storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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