APPLICATION INTEGRATION

• US 20080189777A1
• Filed: 04/10/2007
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Deagon, Arthur
• Granted Patent: US 8,925,052 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0815 providing single-sign-on or federations

Abstract

One embodiment of a method of integrating software applications includes customizing properties of an InfoVista application to accept a format of login strings provided by a SiteMinder application; modifying authentication information in properties of the InfoVista application to match authentication information that is to be sent from the SiteMinder application; and customizing the SiteMinder application to pass authentication information needed by the InfoVista application for login of a user into the InfoVista application using a single sign-on interface provided by the SiteMinder application. Other methods and systems are also provided.

Claims

1. A method of integrating software applications comprising:

customizing properties of an INFOVISTA application to accept format of login strings provided by a SITEMINDER application;

modifying authentication information in properties of the INFOVISTA application to match authentication information that is to be sent from the SiteMinder application; and

customizing a SITEMINDER application to pass authentication information needed by the INFOVISTA application for login of a user into the INFOVISTA application using a single sign-on interface provided by the SITEMINDER application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the authentication information is passed to the INFOVISTA application from the SITEMINDER application via a header in an HTTP request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein if a current version of an HTTP server is not supported by the INFOVISTA application, the method further comprises prompting a user to manually configure parameters of the INFOVISTA application to support the current version of the HTTP server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the INFOVISTA application comprises VistaInsight for Networks version 1.2 or earlier.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the SITEMINDER application comprises SITEMINDER version 5 or earlier.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the HTTP server comprises Apache version 2.0 or earlier.

7. A computer readable medium having a program for integrating software applications, the program comprising:

customizing properties of INFOVISTA application to accept a format of login strings provided by a SITEMINDER application;

modifying authentication information in properties of an INFOVISTA application to match authentication information that is to be sent from the SITEMINDER application; and

customizing the SITEMINDER application to pass authentication information needed by the INFOVISTA application for login of a user into the INFOVISTA application using a single sign-on interface provided by the SITEMINDER application.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the authentication information is passed to the INFOVISTA application from the SITEMINDER application via a header in an HTTP request.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein if a current version of an HTTP server is not supported by the INFOVISTA application, the method further comprises prompting a user to manually configure parameters of the INFOVISTA application to support the current version of the HTTP server.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the INFOVISTA application comprises VistaInsight for Networks version 1.2 or earlier.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the SITEMINDER application comprises SITEMINDER version 5 or earlier.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the HTTP server comprises Apache version 2.0 or earlier.

13. A system for integrating software applications comprising:

a first component configured to customize properties of an INFOVISTA application to accept a format of login strings provided by a SITEMINDER application;

a second component configured to modify authentication information in properties of the INFOVISTA application to match authentication information that is to be sent from the SITEMINDER application; and

a third component configured to customize the SITEMINDER application to pass authentication information needed by the INFOVISTA application for login of a user into the INFOVISTA application using a single sign-on interface provided by the SITEMINDER application.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the authentication information is passed to the INFOVISTA application from the SITEMINDER application via a header in an HTTP request, the system further comprising:

a server hosting the INFOVISTA application.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

an HTTP server, wherein if a current version of the HTTP server is not supported by the INFOVISTA application, parameters of the INFOVISTA application are manually configured to support the current version of the HTTP server.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the INFOVISTA application comprises VistaInsight for Networks version 1.2 or earlier.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the SITEMINDER application comprises SITEMINDER version 5 or earlier.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the HTTP server comprises Apache version 2.0 or earlier.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the SITEMINDER application comprises a suite of components designed to work together and capable of being installed on separate servers.

20. The system of claim 13, the first component further configured to prompt a user to manually configure parameters of the INFOVISTA application to support the current version of the HTTP server.