METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING DISTRIBUTED SHARED SERVICES SYSTEM
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for integrating distributed shared services system which integrates web based applications with each other and with other centralized application to provide a single sign-on approach for authentication and authorization services for distributed web sites requiring no access time back to the authentication/authorization server is provided.
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55 Claims
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1-37. -37. (canceled)
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38. A system for providing distributed application services integration, the system comprising:
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a first application residing in a central server connected to a client terminal, the client terminal including a cookie file; a second application residing in the same domain as the central server; and an application interface library residing in the central server, wherein the application interface library is configured to provide the first application and the second application with access to one or more cookie fields of the cookie file. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of providing a distributed application services integration system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first indication of a user pointing a browser to a first application residing in a central server, the browser residing in a client terminal; receiving a cookie file of the browser corresponding to the user; providing the first application with read and write access to the cookie file; receiving a second indication of the user pointing the browser to a second application residing in the same domain as the central server; and providing the second application with read and write access to the cookie file. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method of providing a distributed application services integration system, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing, to a central server, an application which transmits user event data to an application interface library residing in the central server, wherein the application interface library determines whether the user event data is a first type of event data which requires real time communication to other applications of the system as provided by a change to a field in a cookie file residing in a client terminal, and the first application interface library determines whether the user event data is a second type of event data which does not require real time communication to other applications of the system; updating a field in of a cookie file where the user event data is determined to be a first type of event data; and transmitting the user event data as a message where the user event data is determined to be a second type of event data. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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Specification