SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING EXTERNAL DATA TO A PROCESS RUNNING ON A VIRTUAL MACHINE
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Abstract
In a computer system including a computer terminal, an operating system installed on said computer terminal, a virtual machine running on the operating system, a server communicatively coupled to the computer terminal and a process including instructions that when executed on a virtual machine define a user interface; a Single Sign On (SSO) system comprising a database of authentication credentials accessible to the computer terminal, and instructions executable on the virtual machine operative to: obtain user interface state data from the process; query the virtual machine to obtain component data related to the user interface state data; and manipulate the component data so as to deliver authentication credentials to the process.
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26 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A method of logging on to a computer system, comprising:
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determine whether a log-in opportunity is detected by obtaining user interface state data from a process having instructions that define a user interface when executed on a virtual machine; and upon the log-in opportunity being detected, querying the virtual machine to obtain component data related to the user interface state data and delivering authentication credentials from a database of authentication credentials to the log-in opportunity of the process, wherein attribute data is used to obtain proper authentication credentials from the database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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