Systems and Methods for User Login

• US 20080244718A1
• Filed: 03/30/2007
• Published: 10/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Frost, Simon, Williams, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,020,195 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0407 wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for anonymous credentials or for identity based cryptographic systems H04L9/00

Abstract

Systems and methods for login a user into a computing system are shown and described. The method can include receiving a request for an anonymous user login, creating an identifying tag responsive to the received request, creating a user account incorporating the identifying tag, and providing to the computing system the created user account to log into the computing system.

Claims

1. A method for providing a login to a computing system, the method comprising:

receiving a request for an anonymous user login;

creating an identifying tag responsive to the received request;

creating a user account incorporating the identifying tag; and

providing, to the computing system, the created user account to log into the computing system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein creating an identifying tag comprises creating the identifying tag by a server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein creating an identifying tag comprises creating the identifying tag by a client.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein creating an identifying tag comprises retrieving data from a client device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising validating the identifying tag.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining that the identifying tag is not valid; and

associating in response to the determination the identifying tag with a generic name.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein creating an identifying tag comprises creating an identifying tag having an alphanumeric string.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising validating a name of the created user account.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after login, associating the user account with a session executing on the computing system.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

disconnecting from the session associated with a user account; and

maintaining on the computing system state information related to the disconnected session.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising reconnecting the anonymous user to the disconnected session previously associated with user account, when a substantially similar identifying tag is created and provided to anonymously log into the computing system.

12. A computer readable medium having instructions thereon that when executed provide a login to a computing system, the computer readable medium comprising:

instructions to receive a request for an anonymous user login;

instructions to create an identifying tag responsive to the received request;

instructions to create a user account incorporating the identifying tag; and

instructions to provide the created user account to log into the computing system.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions to validate the identifying tag.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

instructions to determine the identifying tag is not valid; and

instructions to associate the identifying tag with a generic name.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

instructions to disconnect from the session; and

instructions to maintain, on the computing system, state information related to the disconnected session.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 12, further comprising instructions to reconnect the anonymous user to the disconnected session previously associated with user account, when a substantially similar identifying tag is created and provided to anonymously log into the computing system.

17. A system for providing a login to a computing system comprising:

means for receiving a request for an anonymous user login;

means for creating an identifying tag responsive to the received request;

means for creating a user account incorporating the identifying tag; and

means for providing the created user account to log into the server.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the means for creating an identifying tag responsive to the received request comprise means for creating an alphanumeric string.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the means for creating an identifying tag responsive to the received request comprise means for validating the tag.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the means for creating an identifying tag responsive to the received request comprises:

means for determining the identifying tag is not valid; and

means for associating the identifying tag with a generic name.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the means for creating a user account incorporating the identifying tag comprise means for associating the user account with a session executing on the computing system.

22. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

the means for disconnecting from the session associated with a user account; and

means for maintaining state information related to the disconnected session.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising the means for reconnecting the anonymous user to the disconnected session previously associated with user account, when a substantially similar identifying tag is created and provided to anonymously log into the computing system.